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Protection from Harassment Act 2014 s 15C

s 15C Disabling order

15C.—(1) A court may, on an application by the subject of an alleged false statement of fact (called in this section the relevant statement), make a disabling order against an internet intermediary (called in this section the respondent) if —(a) the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that —(i) any material consisting of or containing the relevant statement has been or is being published by means of an internet intermediary service provided by the respondent; and (ii) the relevant statement is a false statement of fact; and (b) it is just and equitable in the circumstances to make the disabling order.[17/2019] (2) A disabling order may require the respondent to disable access by end‑users of the internet intermediary service provided by the respondent in Singapore, within a specified time, to —(a) any specified material provided on or through the service that consists of or contains the relevant statement; and (b) where the respondent is a prescribed internet intermediary — the specified material mentioned in paragraph (a) or any identical copies of the specified material. [17/2019] (3) An end-user who accesses a part of any material is taken to access the material.[17/2019] (4) In this section, “specified” means specified in the disabling order.[Act 23 of 2025 wef 29/06/2026]

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