SINGAPORE: A Government minister who issues a correction or take-down direction under the proposed Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill must respond to an application to cancel the direction no later than two days after the application is received, according to Law Minister K Shanmugam.on Tuesday , said that the detailed procedure for challenging a minister’s decision will be spelled out in subsidiary legislation.
For instance, a person contesting the decision must apply to the relevant minister to do so. A standard online form will be provided and the person should send it to the email address set out in the minister’s direction, he added.Similarly, the appeal to the court would be fast and simple too. The court will be asked to fix the hearing within six days if the appellant attends before the Duty Registrar to request for an expedited hearing in the manner prescribed by the rules of court.
The minister must then file his or her reply in court no later than three working days after the documents are served and the hearing will be heard no later than six days after the date on which the court received the application.
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