22. Offences about advertisements for films
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A person must not publish an advertisement for a film that is distributed or publicly exhibited or intended for distribution or public exhibition if —
publish
“publish”, in relation to an advertisement for a film, means to publicly exhibit, display, disseminate or otherwise communicate the advertisement to the general public;
the advertisement —
is disapproved under section 22A; or
was approved under section 22A and the approval is then revoked under that section; and
the person knows or ought reasonably to have known that the advertisement —
is disapproved under section 22A; or
was approved under section 22A and the approval is then revoked under that section.
If an advertisement for a film is approved under section 22A, a person must not publish the advertisement in a form different from the form in which it was approved, if the person knows or ought reasonably to have known that the form of the advertisement is different from the form in which the advertisement was approved.
film
“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;
If an advertisement for a film is approved under section 22A, and the advertisement is approved subject to conditions, a person must not publish the advertisement except in accordance with those conditions.
A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
This section does not apply to or in relation to —
any advertisement for a film that is not distributed or publicly exhibited in Singapore;
an advertisement, in an imported film that is in a form that cannot be modified, for a film that has not been distributed or publicly exhibited in Singapore (called the advertised film), whether or not that advertised film is later distributed or publicly exhibited in Singapore;
advertising by way of a product —
that refers to, or is derived from, a film;
that is primarily intended to be distributed to the general public or to a section of the general public; and
that a reasonable person would not consider to be a primary source of classification information for consumers about the film;
any advertisement for an exempt film;
any trailer that is a classified film; and
any other advertisement for a film excluded by the Minister by order in the Gazette.