Singapore legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Newspapers published outside Singapore containing advertisements relating to smoking not to be distributed with newspapers published in Singapore
(1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no person shall distribute or supply or cause to be distributed or supplied, whether free of charge or otherwise, any newspaper or printed matter containing any advertisement relating to smoking which is printed or published outside Singapore and is brought into Singapore, if such newspaper or printed matter —
forms part of, or is supplemental to, any newspaper that is printed or published in Singapore; and
is supplied or distributed to any purchaser or subscriber of any newspaper that is printed or published in Singapore, whether or not the first-mentioned newspaper or printed matter is supplied or distributed at the same time as, or together with, the newspaper printed or published in Singapore.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.[8