Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Control of Advertisements Relatingto Tobacco Products, Vaporisers and Imitation Tobacco Products
7. Advertisements in newspapers published outside Singapore
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This Part does not apply to any advertisement described in section 3(1)(a), (c) or (d) (called in this section a relevant advertisement), if the advertisement is contained in a newspaper that —
advertisement
“advertisement” includes any notice, circular, pamphlet, brochure, programme, price list, label, wrapper or other document and any announcement, notification or intimation to the public or any section of the public 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 up or displayed on any wall, billboard or hoarding or on any other object or thing;(c)by means of producing or transmitting sound or light and whether for aural or visual reception or both;(d)by means of any writing on any vehicle, ashtray, calendar, cigarette lighter, clock or any other object or thing; or(e)in any other manner;
is printed or published outside Singapore;
is brought into Singapore for sale, free distribution or personal use; and
is not a newspaper of a class or description specified by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Despite subsection (1), a person must not distribute or supply or cause to be distributed or supplied, whether free of charge or otherwise, any newspaper or printed matter containing any relevant advertisement which is printed or published outside Singapore and is brought into Singapore, if that newspaper or printed matter —
newspaper
“newspaper” includes any magazine, journal, periodical or any other publication containing news, intelligence, information or reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments in relation either to such news, intelligence, information or occurrences or to any other matter of interest to the public or any section of the public, issued in any language at regular or irregular intervals;
forms part of, or is supplemental to, any newspaper that is printed or published in Singapore; and
is supplied or distributed to any purchaser or subscriber of any newspaper that is printed or published in Singapore, whether or not the firstmentioned newspaper or printed matter is supplied or distributed at the same time as, or together with, the newspaper printed or published in Singapore.
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.