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PART 4
DIRECTIONS TO INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES AND
PROVIDERS OF MASS MEDIA SERVICES
Conditions for issue of Part 4 Directions
20.—(1) Any Minister may instruct the Competent Authority to
issue a Part 4 Direction if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) material (called in this Part the subject material) that
contains or consists of a false statement of fact (called in
this Part the subject statement) has been or is being
communicated in Singapore;
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(b) the Minister is of the opinion that it is in the public interest
to issue the Direction.
(2) Any Minister may instruct the Competent Authority to issue a
Part 4 Direction in relation to the subject material even if it has been
amended or has ceased to be communicated in Singapore.
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Targeted Correction Direction
21.—(1) A Targeted Correction Direction is one issued to the
internet intermediary that provided the internet intermediary service
by means of which the subject material has been or is being
communicated in Singapore, requiring it to communicate by means of
that service to all end-users in Singapore who access the subject
material by means of that service at any time after a specified time, a
notice (called in this Part a correction notice) that contains one or both
of the following:
(a) a statement, in such terms as may be specified, that the
subject statement is false, or that the subject material
contains or consists of a false statement of fact;
(b) a specified statement of fact, or a reference to a specified
location where the specified statement of fact may be
found, or both.
(2) Where the internet intermediary mentioned in subsection (1) is a
prescribed internet intermediary, the Targeted Correction Direction
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