Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Prohibition on Advertisements relating to Smoking Bill

Clause 8

Types of advertisements, etc., not exempted

Nothing in this Act shall be construed —

(a)

as exempting from the provisions of this Act any advertisement relating to smoking contained in any notice, circular, pamphlet, brochure or other printed matter or document which is not a newspaper within the meaning of this Act and which is printed or published outside Singapore and brought into Singapore for distribution solely or mainly for the purpose of announcing or commending the qualities of any brand of cigarettes, cigars or other forms of tobacco;

(b)

as permitting the display of any advertisement relating to smoking on, upon, within or by attachment to any part of a vehicle which is not used in the manner described in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 7 of this Act; or

(c)

as permitting the distribution or giving of free samples of cigarettes, cigars or any other form of tobacco.