Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

NO. 33]

Friday, November 29

[2002

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 31st October 2002 and assented to by the President on 12th November 2002:—

Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002

(No. 34 of 2002)

I assent.

S R NATHAN,

President.

12th November 2002.

Date of Commencement: 1st January 2003

An Act to establish and incorporate the Media Development Authority of Singapore, to provide for its functions and powers, and for matters connected therewith, to amend the Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act (Chapter 297 of the 1995 Revised Edition), and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other written laws.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

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

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

“Authority” means the Media Development Authority of Singapore established under section 3;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority and includes a temporary Chairman of the Authority;

“chief executive” means the chief executive of the Authority appointed under section 28 and includes any person acting in that capacity;

“code of practice” means any code of practice or standard of performance issued by the Authority under section 17(1);

“document” includes —

(a)	any map, plan, graph or drawing;
(b)	any photograph;
(c)	any label, marking or other writing which identifies or describes anything of which it forms a part, or to which it is attached by any means whatsoever;
(d)	any disc, tape, sound-track, or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom;
(e)	any film (including microfilm), negative, tape, disc or other device in which one or more visual images are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom; and
(f)	any paper or other material on which there are marks, impressions, figures, letters, symbols or performations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them;

“information” includes information contained in an electronic record as defined in section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Act (Cap. 88);

“media” means —

(a)	any film as defined in section 2(1) of the Films Act (Cap. 107);
(b)	any newspaper as defined in section 2 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (Cap. 206);
(c)	any broadcasting service as defined in section 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act (Cap. 297);
(d)	any publication as defined in section 2 of the Undesirable Publications Act (Cap. 338); and
(e)	any other matter or thing as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, specify,

and “media industry” and “media service” shall be construed accordingly;

“member”, in relation to the Authority, means a member of the Authority and includes a temporary member of the Authority;

“Singapore Broadcasting Authority” means the Singapore Broadcasting Authority established under the Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act in force immediately before the appointed day;

“transferred agency” means any transferred agency specified in the second column of the First Schedule;

“transferring body” means any transferring body specified in the first column of the First Schedule.

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