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NO. 18 OF 2019


(6) However, a failure to publish the notice of the issue of the Stop Communication Direction in the Gazette does not invalidate the Direction.

(7) In this section—

(a) "specified" means specified in the Stop Communication Direction;
(b) "stop communicating", in relation to a statement, means taking the necessary steps to ensure that the statement is no longer available on or through the internet to end-users in Singapore, including (if necessary) the removal of the statement from an online location; and
(c) a person does not communicate a statement in Singapore merely by doing any act for the purpose of, or that is incidental to, the provision of—
(i) an internet intermediary service;
(ii) a telecommunication service;
(iii) a service of giving the public access to the internet; or
(iv) a computing resource service.

Provisions applicable to all Part 3 Directions

13.—(1) A Part 3 Direction may be issued to a person whether the person is in or outside Singapore.

(2) A Part 3 Direction may require the person to whom it is issued to do an act in or outside Singapore.

(3) A Part 3 Direction must identify the subject statement in sufficient detail.

(4) A Part 3 Direction must comply with such form, manner and other requirement as may be prescribed (if any), and for this purpose different requirements may be prescribed for—

(a) different Directions;
(b) different parts of a Direction;