Section 10

The Minister may, in his discretion, either generally or in any particular case, and either permanently or for such period or periods as he may think fit, exempt any person or class of persons, or any place or type of place, or any event or occasion or class of event or occasion, or any object or thing or type of object or thing, from all or any of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder; and in granting such exemption the Minister may impose such conditions as he may think fit.

This Act shall not apply to any advertisement relating to smoking contained in a newspaper, other than a newspaper specified by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, which is printed or published outside Singapore and is brought into Singapore for sale, free distribution or personal use.[7