Singapore legislation
Clause 41
Clause 41
Orders proscribing unacceptable foreign broadcasting services
(1)
Subject to this section, the Minister may make an order proscribing a foreign broadcasting service for the purposes of section 42.
(2)
If the Authority considers that the quality or content of any foreign broadcasting service which is brought to its attention is unacceptable and that the service should be the subject of an order under this section, the Authority shall notify the Minister the details of the service and the reasons why it considers an order under subsection (1) should be made.
(3)
The Authority shall not consider a foreign broadcasting service to be unacceptable for the purposes of subsection (2) unless the Authority is satisfied that the content of that service included any matter which prejudices the public interest or order, national harmony or offends against good taste or decency.
(4)
In this section and section 42, “foreign broadcasting service” means a broadcasting service which transmits from a place outside Singapore broadcasting services which are capable of being received in Singapore.