Singapore legislation

Section 19

of Public Entertainments Act 1958

Section 19

Appeal authority and appealable decisions

Amended by28/2017

In this section and sections 20, 21 and 22 —“appeal authority” means —

(a)

in relation to an appealable decision of the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer —

(i)

the Public Entertainment Appeal Board established under section 20, where the appellant is —

(A)

an applicant for a licence, or a licensee, in respect of a specified establishment or one of a class of specified establishments, prescribed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for public entertainments; or

(B)

one of a class of applicants or licensees prescribed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for public entertainments; or

(ii)

in any other case, the Minister charged with the responsibility for public entertainments; or

(b)

in relation to an appealable decision of the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer, the Minister charged with the responsibility for the licensing of arts entertainments;“appealable decision”, in relation to the appropriate Licensing Officer, means any of the following decisions or directions:

(a)

a decision under section 10(1) or (2) imposing, adding, varying, refusing to vary, or revoking any condition of a licence;

(b)

a decision under section 11(4) forfeiting the whole or part of a security mentioned in that provision;

(c)

a decision under section 13(1) refusing to issue or renew a licence;

(d)

a decision under section 14(1) or (2) suspending or cancelling a licence;

(e)

a decision under section 16(2) classifying the content of any arts entertainment, or under section 16(3) or (4) imposing, adding, varying, refusing to vary, or revoking any condition of classification of any arts entertainment;

(f)

a refusal to classify the content of an arts entertainment under section 17(2);

(g)

a direction by the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer under section 18(1).[16

Definition

“appeal authority” means —

(a)