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Protection from Harassment Act 2014 s 15CB

s 15CB Correction (administrator) order

15CB.—(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 correction (administrator) order against an administrator of an online location (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 on the online location; and (ii) the relevant statement is a false statement of fact; and (b) it is just and equitable in the circumstances to make the correction (administrator) order. (2) A correction (administrator) order may require the respondent to publish in Singapore a correction (administrator) notice, within a specified time —(a) to any specified person or description of persons; and (b) in a specified form and manner, which may include publication at a specified online location, or in specified proximity to every copy of the specified material published on the online location administered by the respondent that consists of or contains the relevant statement. (3) A correction (administrator) notice must contain all or any of the following as may be specified in the correction (administrator) order:(a) a statement, in such terms as may be specified, that the court has determined the specified material consists of or contains a false statement of fact; (b) a statement, in such terms as may be specified, correcting the false statement of fact, or a reference to a specified location where the statement may be found. (4) In this section, “specified” means specified in the correction (administrator) order.[Act 23 of 2025 wef 29/06/2026]

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