Protection from Harassment (Exempt Class of Persons) Order 2014

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No. S 751

Protection from Harassment Act 2014

(ACT 17 OF 2014)

Protection from Harassment
(Exempt Class of Persons) Order 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(2) of the Protection from Harassment Act 2014, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Protection from Harassment (Exempt Class of Persons) Order 2014 and shall come into operation on 15 November 2014.

Exempt class of persons

2. The class of persons in respect of whom no protection order, expedited protection order or order under section 15(2) of the Act is to be made consists of every person who —

(a)

is in the business of providing any of the following services:

(i)	making available or operating any facility for network access;
(ii)	making available any service relating to, or providing connections for, the transmission or routing of data;
(iii)	displaying, to an end‑user who uses the service to make an online search, an index of search results, each of which links that end‑user to content hosted or stored at a location which is separate from the location of the index of search results;

(b)

publishes electronically, in the course of providing the applicable service referred to in sub‑paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii), an offending communication or a statement complained of;

(c)

is not the originator of that communication or statement;

(d)

does not select any person who may hear, see or otherwise perceive that communication or statement; and

(e)

performs the applicable service referred to in sub‑paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) in an automatic manner (with technical input only) without modifying the whole or any part of the content of that communication or statement.

Made on 12 November 2014.

TAN TEE HOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/00114/Vol. 7; AG/LLRD/SL/256A/2013/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 21(3) of the Protection from Harassment Act 2014).

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