7.—(1) The Minister may, in his discretion, either generally or in any particular case, and either permanently or for such period or periods as he may think fit, exempt any person or class of persons, or any place or type of place, or any event or occasion or class of event or occasion, or any object or thing or type of object or thing, from all or any of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made there-under; and in granting such exemption the Minister may impose such conditions as he may think fit.(2) This Act shall not apply to —(a) | any advertisement relating to smoking contained in a newspaper (other than a newspaper specified by the Minister by notification in the Gazette) which is printed or published outside Singapore and is brought into Singapore for sale, free distribution or personal use; | (b) | any advertisement relating to smoking appearing on, upon or within any diary, calendar, ash-tray, cigarette-lighter, pencil or other object or thing distributed or given free of charge as a souvenir, memento or gift by any person who is associated, concerned or connected with the distribution or sale, whether wholesale or retail, of cigarettes, cigars or any other form of tobacco; | (c) | any advertisement relating to smoking appearing on, upon, within or attached to any part of a vehicle which is used by any person who is associated, concerned or connected with the distribution or sale, whether wholesale or retail, of cigarettes, cigars or any other form of tobacco for the purpose of that person’s business or for the transport of his employees or such others as he may permit; | (d) | any notice in, or in the vicinity of, any premises or place where cigarettes, cigars or other forms of tobacco are sold, which states, for the information of the public, only the name or names of the brand or brands thereof that are sold therein or thereat:Provided that no such notice shall contain any word, picture, drawing or representation inducing, urging, promoting or encouraging the use of cigarettes, cigars or any other form of tobacco for the purpose of smoking. |
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(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), the notice referred to therein shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of that subsection if it states “ Sold here”; but, subject to compliance with those requirements, nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding the use in any such notice of other words or of any other format or mode of expression. |
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