18 Correction Direction 5 10 11.—(1) A Correction Direction is one issued to a person who communicated the subject statement in Singapore, requiring the person to communicate in Singapore in the specified form and manner, to a specified person or description of persons (if any), and by the 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 specified material contains 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. 15 (2) A Correction Direction may require the person to whom it is issued to communicate in Singapore a correction notice in a specified online location. (3) A Correction Direction may also require the person to whom it is issued to do one or both of the following: 20 (a) to communicate in Singapore the correction notice by placing it in the specified proximity to every copy of the following that is communicated by the person in Singapore: (i) the false statement of fact; (ii) a substantially similar statement; 25 30 (b) to publish the correction notice in the specified manner in a specified newspaper or other printed publication of Singapore. (4) A person who communicated a false statement of fact in Singapore may be issued a Correction Direction even if the person does not know or has no reason to believe that the statement is false. (5) In this section — (a) “specified” means specified in the Correction Direction; and

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents