I assent. HALIMAH YACOB, President. 2 March 2018. Date of Commencement: 31 August 2018 Parts 1 to 4, 6 and the First Schedule Date of Commencement: 11 April 2022 Part 5 and the Second Schedule An Act to require or authorise the taking of measures to prevent, manage and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents, to regulate owners of critical information infrastructure, to regulate cybersecurity service providers, and for matters related thereto, and to make consequential or related amendments to certain other written laws. Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement 1. This Act is the Cybersecurity Act 2018 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette. Interpretation 2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “Assistant Commissioner” means any Assistant Commissioner of Cybersecurity appointed under section 4(1)(b); “assistant licensing officer” means any assistant licensing officer appointed under section 25(2); “business entity” means — (a) a corporation as defined in section 4(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50); (b) an unincorporated association; (c) a partnership; or Singapore Statutes Online Published in Acts Supplement on 12 Mar 2018 PDF created date on: 30 Aug 2022