§ 22 — Disabling Direction

22.—(1) A Disabling Direction is one issued to the internet intermediary that provided the internet intermediary service by means of which the subject material has been or is being communicated in Singapore, requiring it to disable access by end‑users in Singapore to the subject material provided on or through the service that consists of or contains the subject statement, by the specified time.(2) Where the internet intermediary mentioned in subsection (1) is a prescribed internet intermediary, the Disabling Direction may also require the internet intermediary to do one or both of the following:(a)

to disable access by end‑users of the service in Singapore to identical copies of the subject material provided on or through the internet intermediary service;

(b)

to communicate a correction notice by any means to a specified description of end‑users in Singapore.

(3) Once a Disabling Direction has been issued, the Competent Authority must publish a notice of that fact in the Gazette as soon as possible.

(4) However, a failure to publish the notice of the issue of the Disabling Direction in the Gazette does not invalidate the Direction.

(5) In this section —(a)

“specified” means specified in the Disabling Direction; and

(b)

an end‑user who accesses a part of any material is taken to access the material.

—(1) A Disabling Direction is one issued to the internet intermediary that provided the internet intermediary service by means of which the subject material has been or is being communicated in Singapore, requiring it to disable access by end‑users in Singapore to the subject material provided on or through the service that consists of or contains the subject statement, by the specified time.

(2) Where the internet intermediary mentioned in subsection (1) is a prescribed internet intermediary, the Disabling Direction may also require the internet intermediary to do one or both of the following:(a)

to disable access by end‑users of the service in Singapore to identical copies of the subject material provided on or through the internet intermediary service;

(b)

to communicate a correction notice by any means to a specified description of end‑users in Singapore.

(3) Once a Disabling Direction has been issued, the Competent Authority must publish a notice of that fact in the Gazette as soon as possible.

(4) However, a failure to publish the notice of the issue of the Disabling Direction in the Gazette does not invalidate the Direction.

(5) In this section —(a)

“specified” means specified in the Disabling Direction; and

(b)

an end‑user who accesses a part of any material is taken to access the material.