Singapore legislation
Section 16
Section 16
Classification of content of arts entertainment
(1)
The Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer may issue one or more codes for the classification of the content of arts entertainments or classes of arts entertainments.
(2)
A licensee must not provide any arts entertainment unless its content has been classified by the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer.
(3)
When classifying the content of any arts entertainment, the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer may impose such conditions as he or she thinks fit.
(4)
The Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer may, at any time, impose any additional condition on, or vary or revoke any condition of, the classification.
(5)
The Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer must, before adding, varying or revoking any condition of a classification under subsection (4), give the licensee —
written notice of the intention to do so; and
an opportunity to be heard, within the time specified in the notice, as to why the condition should not be added, varied or revoked.
(6)
A licensee must not provide any classified arts entertainment unless —
its form and content are the same as that which have been classified by the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer; and
its provision is in accordance with the conditions of the classification, if any.
(7)
In this section and sections 17 and 18, a reference to an arts entertainment includes a reference to —
an arts entertainment licensed by the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer; and
an arts entertainment which is provided or to be provided in combination with any other public entertainment.[15A