Singapore legislation
Section 20
Section 20
Duties of film content assessor
Amended by25/201825/2018
(1)
A film content assessor’s decision assigning a classification rating for an unclassified film is deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to be a decision of the Authority classifying the film.
Amended by25/2018
(2)
However, if —
(a)
a film contains contentious material; or
(b)
a film would, if classified by the Authority, be substantially likely to be classified higher than the maximum permitted classification rating,a film content assessor must not view and assess the content of the film with a view to assigning a classification rating for the film, and must not assign a classification rating for that film.
Amended by25/2018