6. Duties of managers of cinemas, etc.

Amended

Last amended by an amending law.

(1)

(a)

The manager or any ticket collector or usher of any cinema or theatre or such employee as the manager may authorise in that behalf;

(b)

the manager of any specified building or such employee or other person as the manager may authorise in that behalf; or

(c)

the conductor or ticket inspector of any bus,may order any person who smokes in any cinema, theatre, specified building or bus, as the case may be, to cease smoking forthwith, indicating the penalty provided therefor, and if that person refuses, neglects or fails to comply with such order, he may require that person to leave forthwith the cinema, theatre, specified building or bus, as the case may be.

(2)

If any such person refuses to leave forthwith the cinema, theatre, specified building or bus, as the case may be, any person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) may seek the assistance of any police officer, public health auxiliary or public officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner, and that police officer, public health auxiliary or public officer may thereupon deal with that person in the manner provided in section 4.

(3)

Any person who hinders, obstructs, threatens, abuses, molests or assaults any person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) in the performance or execution of anything which he is empowered to do under this section shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested without warrant by any police officer, public health auxiliary or public officer so authorised and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(4)

No person who has been ordered to leave a cinema, theatre, specified building or a bus under subsection (1) shall be entitled to a refund of any admission fee or money paid by him for the purchase of a ticket.

(5)

Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing any person from being prosecuted for any act which constitutes an offence under section 4.

Terms defined in s 2

bus
Defined · s 2
“bus” means a public service vehicle which is used for the conveyance of passengers for hire or reward on a scheduled service in which passengers are charged separate and distinct fares;
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cinema
Defined · s 2
“cinema” means the auditorium of any building used for the exhibition of films to which members of the public are admitted upon payment of an admission fee, but does not include any part of the premises of any club, association, institution or other body in which films are exhibited, whether gratuitously or otherwise, for the benefit primarily of the members thereof;
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Commissioner
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“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health appointed under section 3 of the Environmental Public Health Act, and includes a Deputy Commissioner of Public Health and an Assistant Commissioner of Public Health appointed under that section;
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manager
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“manager”, in relation to —(a)a cinema or theatre, includes an assistant manager, any person holding an appointment analogous to that of manager or assistant manager or any person who is responsible for the management of the cinema or theatre or is in charge or control thereof; and(b)a specified building, includes the owner, occupier, lessee or person in charge or control thereof;
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public health auxiliary
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“public health auxiliary” means a public health inspector, an assistant public health inspector, or a public health overseer, in the service of the Government;
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smoking
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“smoking”, with its grammatical variations, means inhaling and expelling the smoke of tobacco or other substance;
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specified building
Defined · s 2
“specified building” means any building or part thereof which is the subject of a notification made under section 3;
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theatre
Defined · s 2
“theatre” means the auditorium of any building used for the performance or presentation of any stage play or any musical, singing or dancing show or recital or any competition, sporting contest, exhibition, variety act or other entertainment to which members of the public are admitted upon payment of an admission fee, but does not include any part of the premises of any club, association, institution or other body in which any of the same are performed or presented, whether gratuitously or otherwise, for the benefit primarily of the members thereof.
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