Singapore legislation
Clause 14
Clause 14
Amendment of section 27
Section 27 of the Films Act is amended —
by deleting the words “whether it has been approved for exhibition or not for the purpose of considering whether the film should or should not be so approved” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “in respect of which the decision or deemed decision by the Authority is refused classification other than on the ground that it is against national security to be classified, or any film classified or deemed classified or re‑classified by the Authority, for the purpose of considering whether the film should or should not be classified, so classified or be re‑classified”;
by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) For the purpose of exercising its power under subsection (1) in respect of a film, the Committee of Appeal may give an order in writing to —
a licensee or class licensee who is distributing or publicly exhibiting the film;
an applicant under section 14 for classification or re‑classification of the film; or
a maker or other person in possession of the film which is an unclassified film.(2A) An order under subsection (2) may require a person given the order to do the following within a period specified in the order:
to provide or make available a copy of the film for screening or demonstration before the Committee of Appeal;
to demonstrate the film before the Committee of Appeal;
in the case of a film that is designed for use wholly or principally as a video game, to provide to the Committee of Appeal recordings of the gameplay;
to provide such other information about the film that the Committee of Appeal may require in any particular case.”;
by deleting the words “owner who fails to comply with” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to do anything required of the person by an order under”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) To avoid doubt, nothing in this section limits the Authority’s powers under section 15.”.