Censorship of Films and Public Entertainments Act · 2002 Revised Edition · Part II · Centralised Censorship of Films and Certain Public Entertainments
15. Offences and penalties
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who exhibits or publishes, or causes or suffers to be exhibited or published, any film or advertising matter relating to a film, the exhibition or publication of which has not been duly authorised, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for 12 months and a fine of $30,000.
advertising matter
“advertising matter” means any photograph, picture, poster, figure, text and any other matter of whatsoever nature advertising a film or public entertainment;
Any person who, without the authority of the Censor, displays a censorship mark, or displays a mark calculated to be mistaken for a censorship mark, in connection with a film or advertising matter relating to a film shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for 6 months and a fine of $12,000.
Censor
“Censor” means such members of the Panel of Censors, not being less than 3 in number, as the Secretary shall in any particular case appoint to exercise the duties of censorship hereunder;
Any person who contravenes, or causes or suffers to be contravened, a direction made by the Minister under section 11 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for 3
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for Home Affairs or such other Minister who is subsequently charged with the responsibility for this Act;
months and a fine of $6,000.
Any person who exhibits, or causes or suffers to be exhibited any public entertainment or advertising matter relating to a public entertainment when such exhibition or advertising matter has been prohibited under subsection (1) of section 14 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for 6 months and a fine of $12,000.
public entertainment
“public entertainment” includes theatricals, stage plays, wayang-wayang, concerts, animal or circus performances, marionette shows and other dramatic, spectacular or operatic performances of whatsoever nature, to which the public or any class of the Censorship of Films and Public Entertaiments p. 4 public is admitted, whether gratuitously or otherwise, but always excepting cinematograph shows;
Any person who exhibits, or causes or suffers to be exhibited, any public entertainment the script or a description of which has been submitted to the Censor under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 14
and which public entertainment is not duly authorised for exhibition by the
exhibition
“exhibition” means exhibition in a place to which the public or any class of the public has or may have access;
Censor, or, in the event of an appeal from the Censor’s decision, by the
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Board, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for 6 months and a fine of $12,000.
Board
“Board” means the Board of Review constituted under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 10;
If, in proceedings under subsection (3), (4) or (5), the court is satisfied that the accused at the time when he is alleged to have committed the offence was unaware of and could not by the exercise of reasonable care have discovered the existence of the direction or prohibition, as the case may be, the accused shall not be liable to conviction for the offence.
Without prejudice to the validity of any other means of communication which may seem to the court to be sufficient, a direction under section 11 or a prohibition under section 14 shall be deemed to have been communicated to a person charged with an offence under this section if such person was informed orally of the direction of prohibition by the
Secretary or by any police officer.
Secretary
“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Panel of Censors appointed under section 3.
A document purporting to be a direction under section 11 or a prohibition under section 14 shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence in any proceedings under subsection (3), (4) or (5) that such direction or prohibition has been duly made without proof that the signature to such direction or prohibition is that of the Minister.
Terms defined in s 2
advertising matter
Defined · s 2“advertising matter” means any photograph, picture, poster, figure, text and any other matter of whatsoever nature advertising a film or public entertainment;
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Board of Review constituted under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 10;
Censor
Defined · s 2“Censor” means such members of the Panel of Censors, not being less than 3 in number, as the Secretary shall in any particular case appoint to exercise the duties of censorship hereunder;
exhibition
Defined · s 2“exhibition” means exhibition in a place to which the public or any class of the public has or may have access;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister responsible for Home Affairs or such other Minister who is subsequently charged with the responsibility for this Act;
public entertainment
Defined · s 2“public entertainment” includes theatricals, stage plays, wayang-wayang, concerts, animal or circus performances, marionette shows and other dramatic, spectacular or operatic performances of whatsoever nature, to which the public or any class of the Censorship of Films and Public Entertaiments p. 4 public is admitted, whether gratuitously or otherwise, but always excepting cinematograph shows;
Secretary
Defined · s 2“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Panel of Censors appointed under section 3.
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