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- blocking order but not blocked, up to a total of $500,000 per account to or from which the transaction is made or to be made; or
- (b) for a payment blocking order that specifies any transaction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 for each transaction specified in the blocking order but not blocked, up to a total of $500,000.
(7) It is not necessary to publish any payment blocking order in the Gazette.
Review of blocking orders
22.—(1) After a direction is given under section 20(1) to the MDA or under section 21(1)(a) to the MAS, or a payment blocking order under section 21(1)(b) is given, an authorised officer must, unless not practicable, serve—
- (a) on an owner or operator of an online location, a notice of every access blocking order given by the MDA to an Internet service provider with respect to that online location; and
- (b) on a person to or from whom the transactions specified in section 21(2)(a), (b) or (c) are to be blocked under a payment blocking order, a notice of every payment blocking order given by the MAS to any financial institution with respect to that person, or a notice of every payment blocking order given by the authorised officer to any financial transaction provider with respect to that person (as the case may be).
(2) Any person referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b), and any Internet service provider, financial institution or financial transaction provider given an access blocking order or a payment blocking order (called an affected person), may—
- (a) apply to the authorised officer to review the access blocking order or payment blocking order concerned; and
- (b) make written representations to the authorised officer, stating why access to the online location should be restored or why transactions for payment should be processed, as the case may be.
