12. Permit to remove imported films

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2018.

(1)

A person must not, except under the authority of a permit from the Authority, remove any film —

(a)

in the case of a film imported by sea — from the vessel by which the film was imported or from any premises of a provider of port services or facilities licensed or exempted under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;

(b)

in the case of a film imported by air — from the airport; or

(c)

in the case of a film imported by land — from a post office, railway station or other place of arrival.

(2)

The permit mentioned in subsection (1) must be in the form, and for the validity period, that the Authority determines.

(3)

A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

(4)

This section does not apply to any film that is classified.

Terms defined in s 2

Authority
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“Authority” means the Info‑communications Media Development Authority established by the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016;
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classified
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“classified”, in relation to a film, means —(a)classified or re-classified by the Authority under section 15 (including deemed classified under section 15(9));(b)classified by a film content assessor and deemed by section 20(1) to be classified by the Authority;(c)classified or re-classified under section 26 or 27 by the Committee of Appeal (whether before, on or after 29 April 2019; or(d)classified by the Board of Film Censors by specifying the classification for the film in a certificate approving the exhibition of the film under this Act as in force before 29 April 2019;
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film
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“film” means —(a)a cinematograph film or video recording;(b)a video game; or(c)any other form of recording from which a moving visual image (except as provided otherwise in subsection (5)) including a computer generated image, can be produced and viewed (together with its soundtrack),and includes any trailer for a film and any part of a film;
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place
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“place” includes —(a)any vacant land in Singapore;(b)any, or part of any, building or structure of any kind in Singapore, whether vacant or occupied; or(c)any vehicle, vessel or aircraft in Singapore, other than —(i)a vehicle on a journey, whether direct or indirect, between a place in Singapore and a place outside Singapore and includes any part of the journey that may occur within Singapore;(ii)a vessel on a voyage, whether direct or indirect, between a place in Singapore and a place outside Singapore and includes any part of the voyage that may occur within Singapore; or(iii)an aircraft on a flight that passes through the airspace over the territory of more than one country and includes any part of the flight that may occur within Singapore;
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