Protection from Harassment Act(CHAPTER 256A)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part 2 OFFENCES
3 Intentionally causing harassment, alarm or distress
4 Harassment, alarm or distress
5 Fear, provocation or facilitation of violence
6 Offences in relation to public servant or public service worker
7 Unlawful stalking
8 Enhanced penalty for subsequent offence
8A Enhanced penalty for offence against vulnerable person
8B Enhanced penalty for offence against victim in intimate relationship with offender
8C Application of sections 8A and 8B
9 Community order
10 Contravention of certain orders
Part 3 CIVIL ACTIONS AND ORDERS
Division 1 Actions and orders relating to contraventions of Part 2
11 Action for statutory tort
12 Protection order
13 Expedited protection order
14 No civil action for common law tort of harassment
Division 2 Orders relating to false statements
15 General provisions applicable to orders under sections 15A to 15E
15A Stop publication order
15B Correction order
15C Disabling order
15D Targeted correction order
15E General correction order
16 General provisions applicable to interim orders
16A Interim stop publication order
16AA Interim disabling order
16B Interim notification order
16BA Targeted interim notification order
16BB Publication of notices
Division 3 General
16C Person who may appeal
16CA Costs
16CB Service of orders
16D Compliance with orders
Part 4 GENERAL
17 Application to person outside Singapore
18 Power of arrest
19 Rules of Court
20 Regulations
20A Presentation to Parliament
21 Exemptions
Legislative History