Public Entertainment Act · 2013 Revised Edition
18. Penalties
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who provides or assists in providing any public entertainment not being a public entertainment exempted under section 15 —
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.
without a licence issued under this Act;
while the licence is suspended;
in contravention of any condition of a licence; or
in contravention of this Act or any rules made thereunder, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$10,000.
Any person convicted of any offence under this Act, shall, if the offence is a second or subsequent offence, be liable to twice the punishment provided for that offence and imprisonment not exceeding 2 years.
Terms defined in s 2
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.