Films Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“approved warehouse” means any warehouse approved by the Board for the purposes of sections 12 and 13;

“Board” means the Board of Film Censors established under this Act;

“certificate” means a certificate issued under section 15(3);

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;

“distribute” means to sell, hire out and supply and “distribution” shall be construed accordingly;

“exhibition” includes the production of any music, speech, noise, or other sound which accompanies the projection of a film and “exhibit” shall be construed accordingly;

“film” means a cinematograph film and includes a videotape and any record, however made, of a sequence of visual image, which is a record capable of being used as a means of showing that sequence as a moving picture; and also includes any part of any such film and any copy or part of a copy of the whole or any part of a film;

“licence” means a licence granted under section 7;

“Licensing Officer” means the officer appointed by the Minister under section 3(3) and includes an Assistant Licensing Officer;

“owner” or “owner of a film” means any person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, or otherwise, to the possession of a film, but does not include a bank through which a film is bona fide consigned for the sole purpose of collecting a trade debt;

“place” means any building or part thereof, enclosure, ground or open-air space and includes a ship, boat or other vessel and any vehicle;

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Board .

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