Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Public Entertainments (Classification of Arts Entertainments) (Exemption) Order 2016

Regulation 7

Incidental arts entertainment

Amended byS 351/2024 wef 31/12/2021

Subregulation 1

This paragraph applies to an incidental arts entertainment that is licensed by the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer under the Act to be provided in an event.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 351/2024 wef 31/12/2021

The licensee is exempt from section 16(2) of the Act in respect of the incidental arts entertainment if the conditions in sub-paragraph (3) are satisfied.

Subregulation 3

The content of the incidental arts entertainment must be suitable for a general audience, including children aged 12 years or below, and must not contain —

(a)

anything that is likely to undermine national interest;

(b)

anything that is of a religious nature;

(c)

anything that is likely to cause offence to any racial or religious group in Singapore;

(d)

anything that is likely to cause feelings of enmity, ill-will or hostility between different racial or religious groups in Singapore;

(e)

anything that is lewd or obscene;

(f)

any depiction or description of any sexual matter, alternative sexual lifestyle (including homosexuality or transgenderism) or sexually permissive lifestyle;

(g)

any depiction or description of any unlawful activity or anything that may, directly or indirectly, promote any unlawful activity, gambling or drug abuse;

(h)

any depiction or description of any act of torture, cruelty or violence;

(i)

any depiction of frontal or lower back nudity; (j)anything that is directed towards a political end; or

(k)

anything that contravenes any written law.