(4) However, failure to publish a notice under subsection (3) in respect of any declaration does not invalidate the declaration.
Self-initiated revocation or variation of declaration
25.—(1) The Minister may at any time, on his or her own initiative—
- (a) revoke any declaration made under section 24(1); or
- (b) substitute any declaration made under section 24(1) or 26(3)(b) or (c) with another declaration that the Minister might have made under section 24.
(2) Section 24(3) and (6) applies to a decision made under this section.
Reconsideration by Minister of declaration of proscribed online location
26.—(1) After an online location with a Singapore link is declared under section 24 or 25(1)(b) as a proscribed online location, any proprietor of that online location may apply to the Minister for a reconsideration of the declaration.
(2) An application under subsection (1) by a proprietor of an online location must be made—
- (a) in a prescribed manner; and
- (b) not later than the 30th day after the declaration takes effect.
(3) Upon receiving an application under subsection (1), the Minister may—
- (a) wholly revoke the declaration under section 24 or 25(1)(b);
- (b) substitute the declaration under section 24 or 25(1)(b) which is the subject of the application (called the initial declaration), with another declaration for a shorter period that the Minister might have made under section 24; or
- (c) affirm the initial declaration.
(4) Section 24 applies in the making of a decision under subsection (3).
