Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“advertisement” includes any notice, circular, pamphlet, brochure, programme, price-list, label, wrapper or other document, and any announcement, notification or intimation to the public or any section thereof or to any person or persons, made —
orally or in writing;
by means of any poster, placard, notice or other document affixed, posted up or displayed on any wall, billboard or hoarding or on any other object or thing;
by any means of producing or transmitting sound or light and whether for aural or visual reception or both; or
in any other manner whatsoever;“newspaper” includes any magazine, journal or periodical, or any other publication containing news, intelligence, information or reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments in relation either to such news, intelligence, information or occurrences or to any other matter of interest to the public or any section thereof, issued in any language at regular or irregular intervals;“publish”, with its grammatical variations, in relation to an advertisement, includes issuing, showing, displaying, exhibiting or making known an advertisement in any manner whatsoever;“smoking”, with its grammatical variations, means inhaling and expelling the smoke of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form whatsoever;“vehicle” means any vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or otherwise;“writing” includes printing, lithography, typewriting, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words or figures in visible form.
Definition
“advertisement” includes any notice, circular, pamphlet, brochure, programme, price-list, label, wrapper or other document, and any announcement, notification or intimation to the public or any section thereof or to any person or persons, made —
orally or in writing;
by means of any poster, placard, notice or other document affixed, posted up or displayed on any wall, billboard or hoarding or on any other object or thing;
by any means of producing or transmitting sound or light and whether for aural or visual reception or both; or
in any other manner whatsoever;
Definition
“newspaper” includes any magazine, journal or periodical, or any other publication containing news, intelligence, information or reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments in relation either to such news, intelligence, information or occurrences or to any other matter of interest to the public or any section thereof, issued in any language at regular or irregular intervals;
Definition
“publish”, with its grammatical variations, in relation to an advertisement, includes issuing, showing, displaying, exhibiting or making known an advertisement in any manner whatsoever;
Definition
“smoking”, with its grammatical variations, means inhaling and expelling the smoke of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form whatsoever;
Definition
“vehicle” means any vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or otherwise;
Definition
“writing” includes printing, lithography, typewriting, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words or figures in visible form.