Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Act
(Chapter 310, Section 3(1))
Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Notification
N 1
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;
“clinical laboratory” means any premises used or intended to be used for any type of examination of the human body or of any matter derived therefrom for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any disease or for the assessment of the health of any person, or for ascertaining the cause of death or the result of any medical or surgical treatment given to any person;
[S 621/2005 wef 01/10/2005]
“exercise area” means any premises designated for any physical exercise or sport;
[S 706/2008 wef 01/01/2009]
“factory” means any premises used for any industrial or manufacturing purpose, and includes any repair or processing workshop and any warehouse, as well as any corridor, lobby, stairwell, washroom or other common area in such premises to which persons employed therein have access, but does not include a construction site within the meaning of the Environmental Protection and Management Act (Cap. 94A);
[S 706/2008 wef 01/01/2009]
“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);
“hawker centre” means any place or premises or part thereof (other than a foodshop), with multiple stalls, used for the sale, or for the preparation or manufacture for sale, or for the storage or packing for sale, of food whether cooked or not, intended for human consumption;
[S 345/2006 wef 01/07/2006]
“healthcare establishment” means any premises used or intended to be used for the provision of any service, or for carrying out any practice or procedure, that is related to the diagnosis, treatment or care of any person suffering from any disease, injury or disability;
[S 621/2005 wef 01/10/2005]
“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;
“market” has the same meaning as in the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) but excludes any outdoor market;
[S 706/2008 wef 01/01/2009]
“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);
“public swimming pool” means any swimming pool licensed under section 63 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) or any swimming pool owned by the Government;
[S 621/2005 wef 01/10/2005]
“refreshment area” means any premises, or any part thereof, of a foodshop, hawker centre, discotheque, pub, bar, lounge or night club where food or drinks may be consumed by members of the public or a section of the public;
[S 268/2007 wef 01/07/2007]
“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;
“uncovered area” means an area that does not have a ceiling, roof or other structure or device (whether fixed or moveable) that prevents or impedes upward airflow;
[S 706/2008 wef 01/01/2009]
“ventilation intake” means an air duct or other opening in any building through which outdoor fresh air is drawn into the building, whether mechanically or otherwise, to replace the air within the building.
[S 706/2008 wef 01/01/2009]
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.