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Singapore POFMAArt14correction direction

Singapore Democratic Party v Attorney-General

[2020] 1 SLR 586
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore High Court
Year2020
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Under POFMA, the Minister bears the burden of proving that the subject statement is false before a Correction Direction can be upheld, applying the balance of probabilities standard; whether a statement is a 'statement of fact' is determined objectively by how a reasonable person would understand it.

Area of Law

constitutional

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