s 42 Information on terminated Singapore telephone number
42.—(1) Every telecommunications service provider must report to the Commission, in the form and manner prescribed, all terminated Singapore telephone numbers. (2) A telecommunications service provider which contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000. (3) In this section, “terminated Singapore telephone number” means —(a) a Singapore telephone number to which the following apply:(i) the Singapore telephone number has been allocated to a subscriber; (ii) the telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number has been terminated by the subscriber or telecommunications service provider; and (iii) the Singapore telephone number has not been allocated to a different subscriber; or (b) any other telephone numbers and circumstances as may be prescribed. (4) For the purpose of subsection (1), where —(a) a Singapore telephone number has been allocated to a subscriber by a telecommunications service provider (called in this subsection the first provider); (b) the telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number has been terminated by the subscriber; (c) the subscriber contracts for a telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number with another telecommunications service provider (called in this subsection the subsequent provider); (d) the telecommunications service mentioned in paragraph (c) has been terminated by the subscriber or the subsequent provider; and (e) the Singapore telephone number has not subsequently been allocated to any subscriber, it is the responsibility of the first provider to satisfy subsection (1). (5) Without affecting the obligations of the telecommunications service provider under subsections (1) to (4), the Commission must pay the prescribed fees to the telecommunications service provider for each terminated Singapore telephone number reported to the Commission in accordance with this section.