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the appeal; and any person so required to provide the information or document must provide it in such manner and within such period as may be specified by the Minister.

(4) The Minister may reject the appeal if the appellant does not comply with subsection (2) or (3).

(5) The appeal does not affect the operation of the relevant part of the code of practice unless otherwise directed by the Minister in any particular case.

(6) The Minister may determine the appeal by confirming, varying or reversing the relevant part of the code of practice, and the Minister's decision is final.

(7) Regulations may be made under section 62 for the manner in which an appeal may be made to the Minister under this section and the procedure to be adopted in hearing such appeals.

Notice requiring compliance

50.—(1) If, whether upon a review of a report given pursuant to a code of practice or otherwise, the Competent Authority is of the opinion that a digital advertising intermediary or an internet intermediary (called in this section the intermediary) to whom a code of practice applies had not complied with or complied fully with any part of the code, the Competent Authority may give the intermediary a notice—

(a) setting out details of the non-compliance; and
(b) directing the intermediary to take such steps, whether in or outside Singapore, and within a specified time, as may be necessary to remedy the non-compliance.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) may be served by such means (including electronic means) as may be prescribed—

(a) on the intermediary to whom it is issued; or
(b) a person in Singapore that the intermediary has appointed to accept service on the intermediary's behalf.