Public Entertainment Act · 2013 Revised Edition
14. Cancellation of licence
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Licensing Officer may in his discretion cancel or suspend a licence, as the case may be, if he is satisfied that the public entertainment for which it was issued —
Licensing Officer
“Licensing Officer” means the officer appointed by the Minister under section 4;
has been the cause or is likely to be the cause of a breach of the peace;
has been or is likely to be wholly, or in part of, an indecent, immoral, offensive, subversive or improper nature;
has caused or is likely to cause unnecessary suffering or any injury to any person or animal taking part in it, or to any member of the audience; or
has been provided or is likely to be provided otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of the licence or is contrary to the public interest.
Notice of such cancellation of suspension shall be served on the licensee and shall also, where the public entertainment has been held in a building or tent, be affixed to the building or tent.
public entertainment
“public entertainment” includes — (a) plays, operas, pantomimes, variety acts, performances of music, singing, karaoke, dancing, gymnastics, acrobatics and legerdemain, tableaux, demonstrations, displays and parades; (b) displays of fireworks, set pieces, commemorative decorations and representations of real or mythical creatures; (c) circuses and exhibitions of animals of persons; (d) amusement parks and fun fairs; (e) exhibitions of models, reading matter, pictures, photographs or of statuary or other forms of representation of human or animal figures; (f) exhibitions of films, peep shows and puppet shows; (g) reproductions or transmissions otherwise than in association with a film, by any means other than telephony or radio telephony, of any music, song or speech; (h) machines and devices by the manipulation of which chances are given of obtaining prizes in money or kind; (i) pin-tables and video games; (j) sporting contests of any kind between any number of persons or animals other than that organised by any registered society, trade union, company or association; (k) organised competitions at games of skill or chance; (l) play-readings, recitals, lectures, talks, addresses, debates and discussions; (m) charitable distributions, auctions and sales of goods for philanthropic or charitable purposes, fetes and garden parties; (n) trade fairs consisting in the exhibition, advertisement or sale of the products of industries or of materials; and (o) any combination of any of the above forms of public entertainment, in any place to which the public or any class of the public has access whether gratuitously or otherwise including private members club, but does not include — (i) public entertainment provided by or under the auspices of the Government or any department of the Government or any authority constituted under any written law relating to local government; (ii) ceremonies, rites, services and celebrations lawfully conducted by priests or ministers of religion in premises consecrated generally or specially for the conduct thereof; and (iii) addresses, debates and discussions at meetings of public companies, chambers of commerce, registered trade unions, registered political associations or exempted or registered societies from which persons who are not shareholders or members, as the case may be, are excluded. Prohibition.
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The Licensing Officer shall, if so required by the licensee, furnish him within 14 days of being so required with the grounds in writing of the cancellation or suspension of his licence.
Any person aggrieved by the cancellation or suspension of his licence by the Licensing Officer may, within 14 days of the furnishing to him of the grounds of the cancellation or suspension, appeal in writing to the
Minister, whose decision shall be final. Where the Minister decides to restore a licence, he may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.
Terms defined in s 2
Licensing Officer
Defined · s 2“Licensing Officer” means the officer appointed by the Minister under section 4;
public entertainment
Defined · s 2“public entertainment” includes — (a) plays, operas, pantomimes, variety acts, performances of music, singing, karaoke, dancing, gymnastics, acrobatics and legerdemain, tableaux, demonstrations, displays and parades; (b) displays of fireworks, set pieces, commemorative decorations and representations of real or mythical creatures; (c) circuses and exhibitions of animals of persons; (d) amusement parks and fun fairs; (e) exhibitions of models, reading matter, pictures, photographs or of statuary or other forms of representation of human or animal figures; (f) exhibitions of films, peep shows and puppet shows; (g) reproductions or transmissions otherwise than in association with a film, by any means other than telephony or radio telephony, of any music, song or speech; (h) machines and devices by the manipulation of which chances are given of obtaining prizes in money or kind; (i) pin-tables and video games; (j) sporting contests of any kind between any number of persons or animals other than that organised by any registered society, trade union, company or association; (k) organised competitions at games of skill or chance; (l) play-readings, recitals, lectures, talks, addresses, debates and discussions; (m) charitable distributions, auctions and sales of goods for philanthropic or charitable purposes, fetes and garden parties; (n) trade fairs consisting in the exhibition, advertisement or sale of the products of industries or of materials; and (o) any combination of any of the above forms of public entertainment, in any place to which the public or any class of the public has access whether gratuitously or otherwise including private members club, but does not include — (i) public entertainment provided by or under the auspices of the Government or any department of the Government or any authority constituted under any written law relating to local government; (ii) ceremonies, rites, services and celebrations lawfully conducted by priests or ministers of religion in premises consecrated generally or specially for the conduct thereof; and (iii) addresses, debates and discussions at meetings of public companies, chambers of commerce, registered trade unions, registered political associations or exempted or registered societies from which persons who are not shareholders or members, as the case may be, are excluded. Prohibition.