Broadcasting Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Foreign Broadcasting Services
29. Orders proscribing unacceptable foreign broadcasting services
Feedback & supportSubject to this section, the Minister may make an order proscribing a foreign broadcasting service for the purposes of section 30.
broadcasting service
“broadcasting service” means a service whereby signs or signals transmitted (whether or not encrypted) comprise —(a)any programme capable of being received, or received and displayed, as visual images, whether moving or still;(b)any sound programme for reception; or(c)any programme, being a combination of both visual image (whether moving or still) and sound for reception or reception and display,by persons having equipment appropriate for receiving or receiving and displaying (as the case may be) that service, irrespective of the means of delivery of that service;
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 must notify the Minister the details of the service and the reasons why it considers an order under subsection (1) should be made.
The Authority must 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.
content
“content” means information or material capable of communication by means of a broadcasting service or an electronic service —(a)whether in the form of text;(b)whether in the form of speech, music or other sounds;(c)whether in the form of visual images (animated or otherwise), pictorial or graphic form (for example, an anthropomorphic or a humanlike depiction);(d)whether in any other form; or(e)whether in any combination of forms;
In this section and section 30, “foreign broadcasting service” means a broadcasting service which transmits from a place outside Singapore broadcasting services which are capable of being received in Singapore.