Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Films (Classification — Exempt Films Other than Video Games) Notification 2019
Regulation 2
General definitions
Subregulation 1
In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —
Definition
“cause-related event” means an event (whether or not a gathering or meeting and whether or not consisting of any lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion) of individuals the purpose (or one of the purposes) of which is —
to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of any person, group of persons or any government; (b)to publicise a cause or campaign; or
to mark or commemorate an event that is not a community-based cultural event and not any National Day celebration or rally, State funeral or other public event of national significance;
Definition
“documentary record” means a non-fictional record of actual persons, events or situations, and includes a program the sole or dominant purpose of which is to depict actual, contemporary events, people or situations in an entertaining way or with a heavy emphasis on entertainment value;
Definition
“film” does not include any of the following: (a)a video game;
an obscene film;
a party political film;
a prohibited film; (e)a film that is against national security to be classified;
a film that contains material prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(e) of the Act;
Definition
“free-to-air broadcasting service” and “subscription nationwide television service” have the meanings given by the Broadcasting Act 1994;
Definition
“health-related goods or services” means —
any health product within the meaning given by the Health Products Act 2007;
any service relating to the treatment of any ailment, disease, injury, infirmity or condition affecting the human body, the advertising of which is regulated under the Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act 1955 or any other written law; or
any tobacco product, imitation tobacco product or vaporiser within the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993;
Definition
“psychoactive substance” means any opioid, cannabinoid, sedative, hypnotic, cocaine, other psychostimulant, hallucinogen or volatile solvent, and includes any specified psychoactive substance within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993, but does not include alcohol, coffee and tobacco;
Definition
“television series” means 2 or more episodes that are produced wholly or principally for exhibition to the public on television under a single title, that contain a common theme or themes and dramatic elements that form a narrative structure, and that are produced wholly or principally for exhibition together, for one or more markets.
Subregulation 2
In this Notification, “completed” means —
for a film that is not a television series or a season of a television series — when it is first in a state where copies of the film can reasonably be regarded as ready to be distributed to the general public;
for a film that is a television series — the time when the television series is first in a state where it can reasonably be regarded as ready to be distributed, broadcast or exhibited to the general public; or
for a film that is a season of a television series — the time when the season is first in a state where it can reasonably be regarded as ready to be distributed, broadcast or exhibited to the general public.