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(b) the false statement of fact that is the subject of the Direction continues
to be communicated on an online location by the person to whom the
Direction is issued; and
(c) the Minister is satisfied that one or more end-users had used the
services of the internet access service provider to access that online
location.
Clause 17 provides for appeals to the High Court against a Part 3 Direction by
the person to whom it is issued. It sets out the grounds on which the Direction may
be set aside. The Direction remains in effect despite an appeal against it. However,
the High Court may stay the Direction if the appellant proves on a prima facie
basis that it is technically impossible to comply with it.
Clause 18 provides that the issue of a Part 3 Direction does not affect any right
to take any other action in relation to the false statement of fact concerned.
Clause 19 provides that the Minister on whose instruction a Part 3 Direction
was issued may vary or cancel the Direction either on his or her own initiative or
on application by the person to whom it is issued.
PART 4
DIRECTIONS TO INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES AND
PROVIDERS OF MASS MEDIA SERVICES
Part 4 (comprising clauses 20 to 31) provides for directions which may be
given against internet intermediaries and providers of mass media services in
relation to any material containing or consisting of a false statement of fact that
has been or is being communicated in Singapore. A Direction (called in the Bill a
Part 4 Direction) may require such a person to communicate a correction notice or
to disable access to the material.
Clause 20 provides that any Minister may direct the Competent Authority to
issue a Part 4 Direction if material containing or consisting of a false statement of
fact has been or is being communicated in Singapore, and the Minister is of the
opinion that it is in the public interest to issue the Direction.
Clause 21 provides for the making of a Targeted Correction Direction. This is a
direction to the internet intermediary whose service is used in communicating in
Singapore the subject material, to communicate to end-users in Singapore who
access the subject material a correction notice consisting of one or both of the
following:
(a) a notice that the statement communicated is false, or that the material
contains or consists of a false statement of fact;
(b) a specified statement of fact or a specified location where such
statement may be found, or both.
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