Singapore legislation
Section 12
Section 12
Suspension or cancellation of broadcasting licence, etc.
(1)
If the Authority is satisfied that —
a broadcasting licensee is contravening, or has contravened, any of the conditions of its licence, any relevant Code of Practice, any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations or any direction issued by the Minister or the Authority to, or applicable to, the licensee;
a broadcasting licensee has gone into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction;
a broadcasting licensee has made any assignment to, or composition with, its creditors; or
the public interest or the security of Singapore so requires,the Authority may, by written notice and without any compensation, do either or both of the following:
cancel the licence or suspend the licence for any period that the Authority thinks fit and, in the case of a class licensee, cancel or suspend the application of the class licence in respect of the class licensee for any period that the Authority thinks fit;
require the payment of a fine of such amount as the Authority thinks fit.
(2)
Any person who is aggrieved by any decision of the Authority under this section may, within 14 days of receiving the notice mentioned in subsection (1), appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.
(3)
In this section, “Code of Practice” includes —
a code of practice issued by the Authority under section 61 of the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016; and
a code of practice issued under section 17 of the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 172, 2003 Revised Edition) before the repeal of that Act by the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016.