2. In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —“exempt video game” means a video game not containing any depiction or description of —| (a) | any matter likely to cause offence to any race or religious group in Singapore; | | (b) | any religious belief or teaching; | | (c) | psychoactive substance abuse or addiction, explicit criminal acts, terrorism or violence, or other anti‑social behaviour (such as images promoting the consumption of illicit drugs), gambling or any matter which promotes unlawful activity; | | (d) | sex, sexual matters or nudity of any kind (including images of persons in revealing or titillating attire); | | (e) | violence or coercion in association with sexual activity (such as images of bondage or rape); | | (f) | acts of torture, cruelty or violence (such as gory images of dismemberment, bloody wounds or impaled bodies); | | (g) | sexual behaviour that does not reflect current community attitudes and values in Singapore; | | (h) | fetishes or deviant sexual practices (such as images of paedophilia, bestiality or necrophilia); | | (i) | any coarse language, any frightening or disturbing sequences, or any depiction or description of abhorrent phenomena, whether natural or pertaining to the supernatural; | | (j) | any act, image or message of any kind which is unsuitable for persons below 16 years of age (such as frequent use of coarse language); | | (k) | any express or implied reference to, or comment on, any candidate, any political party, any election, any referendum, any member of any Legislature, any government or previous government or any opposition to any government or previous government, whether that candidate, political party, election, referendum, member of any Legislature, any government or previous government or opposition is in Singapore or elsewhere; or | | (l) | any matter —| (i) | to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of any person, group of persons or any government; or | | (ii) | to publicise a cause or campaign; |
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| “psychoactive substance” means any opioid, cannabinoid, sedative, hypnotic, cocaine, other psychostimulant, hallucinogen or volatile solvent, but does not include alcohol, coffee and tobacco; |
“video game” does not include a video game that is any of the following: | (a) | an obscene film; | | (b) | a party political film; | | (c) | a prohibited film; | | (d) | a film that is against national security to be classified; | | (e) | a film that contains material prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(e) of the Act. |
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