Undesirable Publications Act · 2010 Revised Edition
15. Appeals
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person aggrieved by the detention of any article or publication under the provisions of sections 11, 12 or 13 may appeal against such detention to the Minister* whose decision thereon shall be final and shall not be subject to any appeal to or review in any court:
publication
“publication” means any of the following other than a film — (a) any book, magazine or periodical, whether in manuscript or final form; (b) any sound recording; (c) any picture or drawing, whether made by computer-graphics or otherwise howsoever; (d) any photograph, photographic negative, photographic plate or photographic slide; or (e) any paper, model, sculpture, tape, disc, article or thing — (i) that has printed or impressed upon it any word, statement, sign or representation; or (ii) on which is recorded or stored for immediate or future retrieval any information that, by the use of any computer or other electronic device, is capable of being reproduced or shown as any picture, photograph, word, statement, sign or representation, and includes a copy of any publication;
Provided that no such appeal shall be allowed unless notice of appeal in writing together with the reasons for the appeal is given to the Minister*
within 14 days of the date of service of the notification referred to in subsection (2).
A controller or an authorised officer shall notify the addressee or consignee of any article detained under section 11 or the person from whom any publication has been seized and detained under sections 12 or 13 of his right to appeal under subsection (1).
A notification given by a controller or an authorised officer under subsection (2) may be given personally or may be served by post and the day on which a notification which has been posted would be received in
* Transferred from the Mentri Besar to the Minister of Home Affairs with effect from 1st January 1984 — [S 10/84]
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the ordinary course of post shall be deemed to be the date of service of such notification.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no article or publication shall be destroyed under sections 11, 12 or 13 unless its detention has not been appealed against or an appeal against its detention has been dismissed or abandoned.
Exemptions. [S 60/07]
Terms defined in s 2
publication
Defined · s 2“publication” means any of the following other than a film — (a) any book, magazine or periodical, whether in manuscript or final form; (b) any sound recording; (c) any picture or drawing, whether made by computer-graphics or otherwise howsoever; (d) any photograph, photographic negative, photographic plate or photographic slide; or (e) any paper, model, sculpture, tape, disc, article or thing — (i) that has printed or impressed upon it any word, statement, sign or representation; or (ii) on which is recorded or stored for immediate or future retrieval any information that, by the use of any computer or other electronic device, is capable of being reproduced or shown as any picture, photograph, word, statement, sign or representation, and includes a copy of any publication;