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22 :(b) the person has applied under section 19 to vary or cancel the Part 3 Direction or has appealed to the High Court against the Direction.

(3) No civil or criminal liability is incurred by the person or an officer, employee or agent of the person, for doing or omitting to do any act, if the act is done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith and for the purpose of complying with or giving effect to the Part 3 Direction.

Access blocking order

16.—(1) This section applies where—
 * (a) a person fails to comply with a Part 3 Direction;
 * (b) the subject statement is being communicated in Singapore by the person on an online location; and
 * (c) the Minister is satisfied that one or more end-users in Singapore have used or are using the services of an internet access service provider to access that online location.

(2) The Minister may direct the IMDA to order the internet access service provider to take reasonable steps to disable access by end-users in Singapore to the online location (called in this section an access blocking order), and the IMDA must give the internet access service provider an access blocking order.

(3) An internet access service provider that does not comply with any access blocking order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 for each day during any part of which that order is not fully complied with, up to a total of $500,000.

(4) No civil or criminal liability is incurred by an internet access service provider or an officer, employee or agent of such provider, for anything done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in complying with any access blocking order.

Appeals to High Court

17.—(1) A person to whom a Part 3 Direction is issued may appeal to the High Court against the Direction.