Orders proscribing unacceptable foreign broadcasting services
Open ↗29.—(1) Subject to this section, the Minister may make an order proscribing a foreign broadcasting service for the purposes of section 30.
(2) If the Authority considers that the quality or content of any foreign broadcasting service which is brought to its attention is unacceptable and that the service should be the subject of an order under this section, the Authority must notify the Minister the details of the service and the reasons why it considers an order under subsection (1) should be made.
(3) The Authority must not consider a foreign broadcasting service to be unacceptable for the purposes of subsection (2) unless the Authority is satisfied that the content of that service included any matter which prejudices the public interest or order, national harmony or offends against good taste or decency.
(4) In this section and section 30, “foreign broadcasting service” means a broadcasting service which transmits from a place outside Singapore broadcasting services which are capable of being received in Singapore.
Offence of supporting proscribed foreign broadcasting services
Open ↗30.—(1) This section applies to any foreign broadcasting service which is proscribed for the purposes of this section by virtue of an order made under section 29, and references in this section to a proscribed service are references to any such service.
(2) Any person who in Singapore does any of the following acts shall be guilty of an offence:(a)
supplying any equipment or other goods for use in connection with the operation of day-to-day running of a proscribed service;
(b)
supplying, or offering to supply, programmes to be included in any broadcasting service transmitted as part of a proscribed service;
(c)
arranging for, or inviting, any other person to supply programmes to be so included;
(d)
advertising, by means of programmes transmitted as part of a proscribed service, goods supplied by the person or services provided by the person;
(e)
publishing the times or other details of any programmes which are to be transmitted as part of a proscribed service or (otherwise than by publishing such details) publishing advertising matter calculated to promote a proscribed service, whether directly or indirectly;
(f)
supplying, or offering to supply, any decoding equipment which is designed or adapted to be used primarily for the purpose of enabling the reception of programmes transmitted as part of a proscribed service; and
(g)
promoting, financially or otherwise, a proscribed service.
(3) Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (2) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
(4) Any equipment and goods used in the commission of an offence under this section are liable to be forfeited to the Government.
(5) For the purposes of this section, a person exposing decoding equipment for supply or having such equipment in the person’s possession for supply is deemed to offer to supply it.
