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← Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021

Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 s 37

s 37 App removal direction — content and preconditions

37.—(1) An app removal direction may require a person to whom the direction is given to —(a) stop enabling end‑users of the app distribution service and physically present in Singapore to download, using that service, a particular app that is specified in the direction; and (b) notify the competent authority that the person has stopped enabling such end‑users to download that app. (2) The special preconditions for an app removal direction are —(a) either —(i) a Part 3 direction (except a technical assistance direction or another app removal direction) has been given at least once relating to particular covered information or material of the same or similar kind; or (ii) any type of Part 3 direction (except a technical assistance direction or another app removal direction) has been given relating to covered information or material of the same or similar kind; (b) none of the Part 3 directions in paragraph (a) has been cancelled; and (c) one or more end‑users in Singapore are using or may use the app to access the covered information or material. (3) This Part does not authorise the giving of any app removal direction to a provider of an app distribution service if no end‑user of the service who is physically present in Singapore could download an app using that service.

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