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.