Singapore legislation
Schedule 2
Schedule 2
Consequential and related amendments to other written laws
SECOND SCHEDULESection 68Consequential and related amendments to other written lawsFirst columnSecond column(1)Copyright Act (Chapter 63, 1999 Ed.) Section 7(1)Insert, immediately after the definition of “broadcast”, the following definition:“ “broadcasting licence” and “broadcasting licensee” have the same meanings as in section 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act (Cap. 297);”. (2)Films Act (Chapter 107, 1998 Ed.) New section 39AInsert, immediately after section 39, the following section: “Payment of fees, etc. 39A. All fees and other moneys collected under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder shall be paid to the Media Development Authority of Singapore established under the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002.”. (3)Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (Chapter 206, 1991 Ed.) New section 33BInsert, immediately after section 33A, the following section: “Payment of fees, etc. 33B. All fees, composition fines and other moneys collected under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder shall be paid to the Media Development Authority of Singapore established under the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002.”. (4)Parliamentary Elections Act (Chapter 218, 2001 Ed.) Section 78A(3)(i)Delete the words “Singapore Broadcasting Authority” in the 8th and 9th and in the 15th and penultimate lines of the definition of “relevant person” and substitute in each case the words “Media Development Authority of Singapore”. (ii)Insert, immediately after the definition of “election period”, the following definition:“ “Media Development Authority of Singapore” means the Media Development Authority of Singapore established under the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002;”. (iii)Delete the definition of “Singapore Broadcasting Authority”. (5)Undesirable Publications Act (Chapter 338, 1998 Ed.) (a)Sections 2 (definitions of “authorised officer” and “controller”) and 18(1) and (3) Delete the words “public officer” and substitute in each case the word “person”. (b)Section 17Repeal and substitute the following section: “Corporate offenders and unincorporated associations 17.—
Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, an officer of the body corporate, the officer as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (2) Where the affairs of the body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate. (3) Proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed under this Act by an unincorporated association shall be brought against the association in its own name (and not in that of any of its members) and, for the purposes of any such proceedings, any rules of court relating to service of documents shall have effect as if the association were a corporation. (4) Where an offence under this Act committed by a partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, the partner as well as the partnership shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (5) Where an offence under this Act committed by an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, an officer of the association or a member of its governing body, the officer or member as well as the association shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (6) The Minister may make regulations to provide for the application of any provision of this section, with such modifications as the Minister considers appropriate, to a body corporate or unincorporated association formed or recognised under the law of a country or territory outside Singapore. (7) In this section — “officer” —
in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body or person purporting to act in any such capacity; or
in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary, a member of the committee of the association, or any person holding a position analogous to that of president, secretary or member of the committee;“partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner.”. (c)Section 21Insert, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection: “(5) All fees collected under this section shall be paid to the Media Development Authority of Singapore established under the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002.”.