PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1. This Act may be cited as the Spam Control Act 2007 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“address harvesting software” means software that is specifically designed or marketed for use for—
- (a) searching the Internet for electronic addresses; and
- (b) collecting, compiling, capturing or otherwise harvesting those electronic addresses;
“Authority” means the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 137A);
“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday;
“dictionary attack” means the method by which the electronic address of a recipient is obtained using an automated means that generates possible electronic addresses by combining names, letters, numbers, punctuation marks or symbols into numerous permutations;
“electronic address” means an electronic mail address or a mobile telephone number to which an electronic message can be sent;
“Internet access service provider” means a person who provides a service to give the public access to the Internet;
“recipient”, in relation to an electronic message, means an authorised user of the electronic address to whom the message is sent, and where a recipient of an electronic message has one or more electronic addresses in addition to the address to which the
