Public Entertainments Act 1958 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · General
28. General offences
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Any person who provides or assists in providing any public entertainment —
public entertainment
“public entertainment” has the meaning given in the First Schedule;
without a licence issued under this Act;
while the licence is suspended;
in contravention of any condition of a licence; or
in contravention of this Act,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
in the case of an offence under paragraph (a) or (b), to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and
in the case of an offence under paragraph (c) or (d), to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
For the purposes of subsection (1), no person is deemed to have provided or assisted in providing any public entertainment merely by reason of the person having taken part in the public entertainment provided.
Any person who, being required to make any statement or provide any information or document under this Act —
makes any statement or provides any information or document which is false or misleading in a material particular; and
knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, it is false or misleading in a material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.[19