Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Registration of film renters
(1)
Any person who desires to rent any film other than a locally-made film for exhibition shall apply to the Comptroller for registration as a registered renter.
(2)
The Comptroller shall refuse to register any person as a registered renter unless —
the place of business of such person is in Singapore;
he is liable to income tax under the Income Tax Ordinance; and
he is registered under the provisions of the Business Names Ordinance (Cap. 171) or is incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 174).
(3)
Any person other than a registered renter who rents any film, not being a locally-made film, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for every day on which such offence is committed in respect of one or more films.
(4)
Before he registers any person as a registered renter, the Comptroller may require such person to give such particulars as he may consider necessary for registration under subsection (1) and the Comptroller may at any time require such renter to lodge such security as he may consider to be appropriate for the payment of film-hire duty.
(5)
Any person who gives to the Comptroller any particulars which he knows or has reason to believe to be false shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.
(6)
Subject to the provisions of this section the Comptroller may, on receiving an application for registration, register the applicant as a registered renter or may register him provisionally for such period as may be specified by the Comptroller.
(7)
From the date of the coming into operation of this Act, no copy of any film, which has not prior to such date been authorised for exhibition, shall be approved for exhibition by the Chairman of the Board of Film Censors unless the person or firm renting such film is a registered renter.
(8)
It shall be lawful for the Minister to require the Chairman of the Board of Film Censors to remove any mark affixed under subsection (2) of section 10 of the Cinematograph Films Ordinance (Cap. 213) or any copy of any film which has been authorised for exhibition prior to the coming into operation of this Act and the Chairman shall notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law comply with such request from the Minister.
(9)
The Comptroller shall from time to time furnish the Chairman of the Board of Film Censors with lists of registered renters and he may require the Chairman of the Board of Film Censors to give him such information as he may require for the purposes of implementing the provisions of this Act.