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NO. 18 OF 2019


Direction (as the case may be) has not been set aside at the time the Declaration mentioned in subsection (1) is made;
(b) where a statement of fact is communicated in Singapore on—
(i) an online location bearing a sub-domain name that is part of a domain name; or
(ii) a sub-directory of a website,
the Minister may treat the statement as being communicated on the online location that bears that domain name, or on that website, as the case may be; and

Examples

(a) The Minister may treat a statement communicated on abc.example.com as being communicated on example.com.
(b) The Minister may treat a statement communicated on www.example.com/abc as being communicated on www.example.com.
(c) where the statements mentioned in subsection (1) are duplicated on another online location (called in this paragraph the mirrored location), each mirrored location is to be regarded as part of the original online location.

Access blocking order

33.—(1) This section applies where—

(a) paid content included on a declared online location is communicated in Singapore after a prescribed period starting on the date the Declaration concerned came into effect; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that after the date the Declaration came into effect, one or more end-users in Singapore have used or are using the services of an internet access service provider to access the declared online location.