Regulation 1
Citation and commencement
This Notification is the Films (Classification — Exempt Video Games) Notification 2019 and comes into operation on 29 April 2019.
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Films (Classification — Exempt Video Games) Notification 2019 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation FA-S339-2019 1981, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1981.
Citation and commencement
This Notification is the Films (Classification — Exempt Video Games) Notification 2019 and comes into operation on 29 April 2019.
Definitions
In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —“exempt video game” means a video game not containing any depiction or description of —
any matter likely to cause offence to any race or religious group in Singapore; (b)any religious belief or teaching;
psychoactive substance abuse or addiction, explicit criminal acts, terrorism or violence, or other anti‑social behaviour (such as images promoting the consumption of illicit drugs), gambling or any matter which promotes unlawful activity;
sex, sexual matters or nudity of any kind (including images of persons in revealing or titillating attire);
violence or coercion in association with sexual activity (such as images of bondage or rape);
acts of torture, cruelty or violence (such as gory images of dismemberment, bloody wounds or impaled bodies);
sexual behaviour that does not reflect current community attitudes and values in Singapore;
fetishes or deviant sexual practices (such as images of paedophilia, bestiality or necrophilia);
any coarse language, any frightening or disturbing sequences, or any depiction or description of abhorrent phenomena, whether natural or pertaining to the supernatural;
any act, image or message of any kind which is unsuitable for persons below 16 years of age (such as frequent use of coarse language);
any express or implied reference to, or comment on, any candidate, any political party, any election, any referendum, any member of any Legislature, any government or previous government or any opposition to any government or previous government, whether that candidate, political party, election, referendum, member of any Legislature, any government or previous government or opposition is in Singapore or elsewhere; or
any matter —
to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of any person, group of persons or any government; or
to publicise a cause or campaign;“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;“video game” does not include a video game that is any of the following: (a)an obscene film;
a party political film;
a prohibited film; (d)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.
“exempt video game” means a video game not containing any depiction or description of —
any matter likely to cause offence to any race or religious group in Singapore; (b)any religious belief or teaching;
psychoactive substance abuse or addiction, explicit criminal acts, terrorism or violence, or other anti‑social behaviour (such as images promoting the consumption of illicit drugs), gambling or any matter which promotes unlawful activity;
sex, sexual matters or nudity of any kind (including images of persons in revealing or titillating attire);
violence or coercion in association with sexual activity (such as images of bondage or rape);
acts of torture, cruelty or violence (such as gory images of dismemberment, bloody wounds or impaled bodies);
sexual behaviour that does not reflect current community attitudes and values in Singapore;
fetishes or deviant sexual practices (such as images of paedophilia, bestiality or necrophilia);
any coarse language, any frightening or disturbing sequences, or any depiction or description of abhorrent phenomena, whether natural or pertaining to the supernatural;
any act, image or message of any kind which is unsuitable for persons below 16 years of age (such as frequent use of coarse language);
any express or implied reference to, or comment on, any candidate, any political party, any election, any referendum, any member of any Legislature, any government or previous government or any opposition to any government or previous government, whether that candidate, political party, election, referendum, member of any Legislature, any government or previous government or opposition is in Singapore or elsewhere; or
any matter —
to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of any person, group of persons or any government; or
to publicise a cause or campaign;
“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;
“video game” does not include a video game that is any of the following: (a)an obscene film;
a party political film;
a prohibited film; (d)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.
Exemption from permit to remove imported video game
Section 12(1) and (3) of the Act does not apply to or in relation to any exempt video game that is imported by sea, land or air.
Exemption from offence of distributing or publicly exhibiting unclassified video game
Section 21(1) of the Act does not apply in respect of the distribution or public exhibition by any person of any exempt video game, or the possession by any person with the intention of distributing or publicly exhibiting any exempt video game.
Cancellation
The Films (Video Games Exemption) Notification 2008 (G.N. No. S 436/2008) is cancelled.