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Clause 31 provides that the Minister on whose instruction a Part 4 Direction or
Remedial Order was issued may instruct the Competent Authority to vary or
cancel the Direction or Order either on the Minister’s own initiative or on
application by the person to whom it is issued or the person who communicated
the subject material in Singapore.
PART 5
DECLARATION OF ONLINE LOCATION
Part 5 (comprising clauses 32 to 39) provides for the declaration of an online
location used to communicate in Singapore 3 or more false statements of fact each
of which is the subject of a Part 3 Direction or Part 4 Direction, and the effects of
such declaration.
Clause 32 enables the Minister to declare an online location as a declared
online location if the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) 3 or more different statements each of which is the subject of an active
Part 3 Direction or Part 4 Direction, have been or are being
communicated in Singapore on the online location;
(b) at least 3 of those statements were first communicated in Singapore on
the online location within 6 months before the date of the Declaration.
Clause 32 also provides for the matters that a Declaration must or may contain.
In particular, it may require the owner or operator of the online location to
communicate to any end-user in Singapore who accesses the online location, a
notice that the online location is the subject of a Declaration (called the notice of
declaration). A breach of this requirement is an offence.
Clause 32 further provides that the Minister may suspend, vary or cancel a
Declaration, either on the Minister’s own initiative or on application by the owner
or operator of the declared online location or a person with editorial control of the
online location.
Finally, the clause provides that a Declaration (or any suspension, cancellation
or variation of a Declaration) must be published in the Gazette. Reasonable efforts
must also be made for it to be served on the owner or operator of the declared
online location.
Clause 33 enables the Minister to direct the IMDA to order an internet access
service provider to take reasonable steps to disable local access to a declared
online location. The Minister may make the direction to the IMDA if —
(a) paid content is communicated in Singapore on the online location after
a prescribed period starting on the date the Declaration comes into
effect, and the Minister is satisfied that after that effective date,
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