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SBA THE SCHEDULE INTERNET CODE OF PRACTICE Foreword 1.- (1) The Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act (Cap. 297) makes it the duty of the Singapore Broadcasting Authority to ensure that nothing is included in any broadcasting service which is against public interest or order, national harmony or which offends against good taste or decency. This Code of Practice has been produced by the Singapore Broadcasting Authority for this purpose. (2) All Internet Service Providers and Internet Content Providers licensed under the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (Class Licence) Notification 1996 are required to comply with this Code of Practice. Under the Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act, the Authority has the power to impose sanctions, including fines, on licensees who contravene this Code of Practice. Internet Code of Practice 2. A licensee shall use his best efforts to ensure that prohibited material is not broadcast via the Internet to users in Singapore. Obligations under this Code 3.- (1) An Internet Access Service Provider or Reseller discharges his obligations under this Code, in relation to programmes on the World Wide Web, when he denies access to sites notified to him by the Authority as containing prohibited material, under clause 4 below.
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