Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Notification

Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Act

(Chapter 310, Section 3(1))

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G.N. No. S 389/1994

REVISED EDITION 1999

(1st July 1999)

[1st October 1994]

Citation

1. This Notification may be cited as the Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Notification.

Definitions

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

“amusement centre” means any premises where jackpot machines, pin-ball machines, video game machines or any other similar game machines are provided for entertainment;

“cinema” means the auditorium of any building used for the exhibition of films;

“factory” means any premises or such part thereof used solely or principally for the manufacture or production (whether by an assembly line or otherwise) of any article, commodity or product or part thereof and includes any corridor, lobby, stairwell, washroom or other common area in such premises or part thereof to which persons employed therein have access;

“food establishment” has the same meaning as in the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95);

“foodshop” means any food establishment licensed as a foodshop under section 32 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95);

“hospital” means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging, treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment or suffer from any sickness, disease, injury or infirmity;

“maternity home” means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception of pregnant women or of women immediately after child-birth;

“medical clinic” means any premises used or intended to be used by a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174), a dentist registered under the Dentists Act (Cap. 76) or any other person —

(a)	for the diagnosis or treatment of persons suffering from or believed to be suffering from any disease, injury or disability of mind or body; or
(b)	for curing or alleviating any abnormal condition of the human body by the application of any apparatus, equipment, instrument or device requiring the use of electricity, heat or light;

“nursing home” means any premises, other than a maternity home, used or intended to be used for the reception of, and the provision of nursing for, persons suffering or convalescing from any sickness, injury or infirmity;

“office premises” means any room or premises or part thereof the sole or principal use of which is for the carrying out of any administrative or clerical or other related work;

“public service vehicle” has the same meaning as in section 100 of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);

“school” has the same meaning as in the Education Act (Cap. 87);

“theatre” means the auditorium of any building used for the performance or presentation of any stage play, musical, song or dance show, recital, competition, sporting contest, exhibition, variety act or other entertainment.

Prohibition of smoking in certain places

3. Smoking shall not be permitted in —

(a)	the premises or buildings or parts thereof specified in the First Schedule; and
(b)	the public service vehicles specified in the Second Schedule.

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