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Rh PART 4 DIRECTIONS TO INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES AND PROVIDERS OF MASS MEDIA SERVICES Conditions for issue of Part 4 Directions

20.—(1) Any Minister may instruct the Competent Authority to issue a Part 4 Direction if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
 * (a) material (called in this part the subject material) that contains or consists of a false statement of fact (called in this Part the subject statement) has been or is being communicated in Singapore;
 * (b) the Minister is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to issue the Direction.

(2) Any Minister may instruct the Competent Authority to issue a Part 4 Direction in relation to the subject material even if it has been amended or has ceased to be communicated in Singapore.

Targeted Correction Direction

21.—(1) A Targeted Correction Direction is one issued to the internet intermediary that provided the internet intermediary service by means of which the subject material has been or is being communicated in Singapore, requiring it to communicate by means of that service to all end-users in Singapore who access the subject material by means of that service at any time after a specified time, a notice (called in this part a correction notice) that contains one or both of the following:
 * (a) a statement, in such terms as may be specified, that the subject statement is false, or that the subject material contains or consists of a false statement of fact;
 * (b) a specified statement of fact, or a reference to a specified location where the specified statement of fact may be found, or both.

(2) Where the internet intermediary mentioned in subsection (1) is a prescribed internet intermediary, the Targeted Correction Direction