§ 50 — Notice requiring compliance

50.—(1) If, whether upon a review of a report given pursuant to a code of practice or otherwise, the Competent Authority is of the opinion that a digital advertising intermediary or an internet intermediary (called in this section the intermediary) to whom a code of practice applies had not complied with or complied fully with any part of the code, the Competent Authority may give the intermediary a notice —(a)

setting out details of the non‑compliance; and

(b)

directing the intermediary to take such steps, whether in or outside Singapore, and within a specified time, as may be necessary to remedy the non‑compliance.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) may be served by such means (including electronic means) as may be prescribed —(a)

on the intermediary to whom it is issued; or

(b)

a person in Singapore that the intermediary has appointed to accept service on the intermediary’s behalf.

(3) An intermediary to whom a notice is issued and served who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the notice, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —(a)

in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

(b)

in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $1 million,

and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.

—(1) If, whether upon a review of a report given pursuant to a code of practice or otherwise, the Competent Authority is of the opinion that a digital advertising intermediary or an internet intermediary (called in this section the intermediary) to whom a code of practice applies had not complied with or complied fully with any part of the code, the Competent Authority may give the intermediary a notice —(a)

setting out details of the non‑compliance; and

(b)

directing the intermediary to take such steps, whether in or outside Singapore, and within a specified time, as may be necessary to remedy the non‑compliance.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) may be served by such means (including electronic means) as may be prescribed —(a)

on the intermediary to whom it is issued; or

(b)

a person in Singapore that the intermediary has appointed to accept service on the intermediary’s behalf.

(3) An intermediary to whom a notice is issued and served who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the notice, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —(a)

in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

(b)

in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $1 million,

and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.