19. Prohibition of certain advertisements

Terms defined in s 2

• advertisement

  advertisement

  Defined · s 2

  “advertisement” includes any notice, circular, pamphlet, brochure, prospectus, programme or other document, and any announcement, notification or intimation, to the public or any section thereof or to any person or persons, made —(a)orally or in writing;(b)by means of any poster, placard, notice or other document affixed, posted or displayed on any wall, billboard or hoarding or on any other object or thing;(c)by means of sound broadcast, television, the Internet or other media; or(d)in any other form or manner whatsoever;

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• course

  course

  Defined · s 2

  “course”, in relation to a private education institution, means a course of study or training programme offered or provided by the private education institution;

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• private education institution

  private education institution

  Defined · s 2

  “private education institution” means —(a)any person that offers to provide or provides private education whether in Singapore or elsewhere, whether or not the person offers to provide or provides the private education —(i)for profit;(ii)together with other education; or(iii)by itself or in association or collaboration with or by affiliation with any other person; and(b)any school registered under the Education Act 1957 which receives a grant‑in‑aid or subvention extended by the Government to aided schools as is specified by the Minister in a notification published in the Gazette,but does not include any private education institution that the Minister declares, by notification in the Gazette, to be excluded from this definition, after having regard to the association, collaboration with or affiliation of the private education institution with any school registered under the Education Act 1957;

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