11. Penalty for contravention of section 10
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employs or procures a child or young person to perform or take part in any public entertainment;
child
“child” means —(a)in the case of a person employed or engaged to take part in any public entertainment, a person under the age of 16 years; and(b)in any other case, a person under the age of 14 years;
having the custody, charge or care of a child or young person, suffers the child or young person to perform or take part in such entertainment; or
young person
“young person” means —(a)in the case of a person employed or engaged to take part in any public entertainment, a person who has attained the age of 16 years and is under the age of 18 years;(b)in any other case, a person who has attained the age of 14 years and is under the age of 18 years;
being a person licensed under the Public Entertainments Act [Cap. 257] suffers a child or young person to take part in such entertainment,in contravention of section 10, or of any rule made under this Part or any condition or restriction contained in any licence issued under section 10, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both, and the court shall thereupon cancel the licence issued in respect of that child and, if the person convicted is the holder of a licence under the Public Entertainments Act, the court may also order the cancellation of the licence or its suspension for such period as the court may think fit.
entertainment
“entertainment” includes an exhibition or performance, but does not include any entertainment given by the pupils of any registered school at or under the auspices of that school; and a person is deemed to take part in an entertainment when the person is employed in or in connection with such entertainment whether as a performer, stagehand, musician or otherwise howsoever;