Censorship of Films and Public Entertainments Act · 2002 Revised Edition · Part III · Censorship by Local Censors of Public Entertainments
17. Offences and penalties
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No public entertainment shall be exhibited unless it is exhibited under and in accordance with the approval of a Local Censor or, in the event of an appeal, the approval of the Board of Review, and, if it is exhibited otherwise than as aforesaid, the proprietor of such entertainment, and any person
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;
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responsible for its exhibition, and any person who suffers it to be exhibited, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for 6 months and a fine of $12,000.
exhibition
“exhibition” means exhibition in a place to which the public or any class of the public has or may have access;
Terms defined in s 2
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;
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;