Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
Regulation 6
Other refused classification material
Subregulation 1
The following material (whether a depiction, portrayal or an image, or a dialogue, reference or commentary) which have the following impact are prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(e) of the Act:
any material that undermines or is likely to undermine public order, or is likely to be prejudicial to national interest;
any material that promotes or is likely to promote feelings of ill‑will or hostility between different racial or religious groups in Singapore or is denigrating any racial or religious community;
any material that is likely to cause feelings of enmity, hatred, or hostility between different communities in Singapore;
any material that is about or promotes —
deviant sexual behaviour; or
sexual behaviour that does not reflect current community attitudes and values in Singapore;
any material containing —
detailed or gratuitous depictions of extreme violence or cruelty;
detailed instructions on methods of crime or killings; or
excessive or exploitative depictions of sexual violence;
any material that includes exploitative depictions of sexual activity;
any material that includes exploitative nudity;
any material that promotes drug or psychoactive substance abuse, or includes detailed and instructive depictions of drug or psychoactive substance abuse.
Subregulation 2
For the purpose of determining the impact of any material for any purpose under this regulation, regard must be given (as appropriate) to all of the following matters:
the detail contained in a depiction, portrayal or an image, or a dialogue, reference or commentary, including the use of close‑ups and slow motion;
the use of special effects, such as lighting and sound, resolution, colour, size of images, characterisation and tone;
the realism of any depiction, portrayal, image, dialogue, reference or commentary;
whether the matter has greater cultural or political significance or is of particular public controversy in Singapore at the time of classification or re‑classification;
whether accentuation techniques are used, such as lighting, perspective and resolution;
whether the depiction, portrayal or an image, or dialogue, reference or commentary, is prolonged or repeated frequently;
whether the material encourages interactivity;
whether the material is visual or verbal.