3.—(1) Any lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion (whether or not in combination with a play-reading, recital, performance or exhibition) held in an unrestricted area must be carried out in compliance with all of the following conditions:| (a) | the lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion must be by a citizen of Singapore (referred to in this Order as the speaker) and not a non-citizen; | | (b) | the speaker does not deal with any matter —| (i) | which relates, directly or indirectly, to any religious belief or to religion generally; or | | (ii) | which may cause feelings of enmity, hatred, ill-will or hostility between different racial or religious groups in Singapore; |
| | (c) | the speaker speaks using only any of the 4 official languages in Singapore, or any related dialect; and | | (d) | the speaker does not display or exhibit, or cause to be displayed or exhibited (whether before, during or after the lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion), any banner, flag, poster, placard, photograph, film, sign, writing or other visible representation or paraphernalia which contains any violent, lewd or obscene material. |
| (2) If any speaker at any lecture, talk, address, debate or discussion (whether or not in combination with a play-reading, recital, performance or exhibition) held in an unrestricted area contravenes any condition specified in sub-paragraph (1), the speaker shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. |
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