2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“acquire”, in relation to a renter, includes the importing, making or obtaining possession of films for the purpose of renting them; |
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board of Film Censors appointed under section 3(1) of the Films Act (Cap. 107); |
“charge for admission” means any payment, inclusive of entertainments duty leviable under the Entertainments Duty Act (Cap. 94), charged by an exhibitor of films or by the proprietor of a cinema on a person admitted on that payment, as a spectator or one of the audience, to any place where films are exhibited, whether or not those films are exhibited together with any other entertainment; |
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Customs and Excise appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act (Cap. 70); |
“exhibitor”, in relation to films, includes every person who exhibits any film or films to the public or to any section of the public including members of any film society, whether or not a charge is made for admission to the premises in which the exhibition is held, and “to exhibit” has a corresponding meaning; |
“film” means a cinematograph picture film and includes any part of that film; |
“hirer”, in relation to films, means a person who rents a film from a renter or registered renter; |
“proprietor” includes —(a) | in relation to any cinematograph entertainment, any person responsible for the management thereof and any person who holds a licence issued under any written law relating to public entertainments; and | (b) | in relation to any place from which, in the opinion of the Director-General, a person would be able to be a spectator or one of the audience of a cinematograph entertainment in progress in some other place, the owner, tenant or person in possession or control of that first-mentioned place or any other person who receives payment for admission to that first-mentioned place; |
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“registered renter”, in relation to films, means a renter registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act; |
“renter”, in relation to films, means a person for the time being engaged in the business of renting films and includes an exhibitor who acquires any film for exhibition otherwise than through the agency of another registered renter; |
“rent”, in relation to films, means to rent or otherwise issue films to exhibitors or any other persons at a rent or for other consideration, or to make other arrangements with exhibitors or any other persons for the exhibition thereof; |
“senior officer of customs” means —(a) | the Director-General; | (b) | the Deputy Director-General, any Senior Director and any Director of Customs and Excise appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act (Cap. 70); | (c) | any Senior Superintendent, Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Customs and Excise appointed under section 4(4) of that Act; | (d) | any officer of customs vested with the powers of a senior officer of customs under section 4(5) of that Act; | (e) | any police officer having the powers of a senior officer of customs by virtue of section 7 of that Act; |
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“trailer” means a film or part of a film used for advertising purposes. [23/79] |
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