2. In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —| “class licensee” means a person to whom a class licence by virtue of this Notification applies but excludes a person for the time the application of that class licence is suspended or disapplied under the Act; |
“digital display panel” means a screen, panel, computer monitor or similar appliance —| (a) | with minimum dimensions (excluding cables and connectors) of 17.78 centimetres when measured diagonally or at its widest; and | | (b) | designed to be used primarily for the reception and display of any programme capable of being received, or received and displayed, as visual images (whether moving or still) with or without sound, from a licensable broadcasting service, |
| and includes a screen, panel or similar appliance that has additional functions that are not required for its basic operation as described in paragraph (b) (such as interactive features) but excludes a mobile phone and a wearable device (like a smart watch); |
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| “HDB” means the Housing and Development Board established under the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129); |
“programme” includes any matter (whether or not advertising, sponsorship or otherwise), regardless that the matter may be exempt from classification under the Films Act (Cap. 107), but excludes the following matter:| (a) | matter that is broadcast on a free‑to‑air broadcasting service provided by a person holding a broadcasting licence granted under section 8 of the Act, but not a recording of the matter from that broadcast; | | (b) | matter that is broadcast on a subscription nationwide television service (whether using cable or an Internet protocol) with scheduled programming, provided by a person holding a broadcasting licence granted under section 8 of the Act, but not a recording of the matter from that broadcast; |
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| “public entertainment” has the meaning given by the Public Entertainments Act (Cap. 257); |
“public passenger transport vehicle” means —| (a) | a train used by a person to operate a rapid transit system as defined by the Rapid Transit Systems Act (Cap. 263A); or | | (b) | a motor vehicle that is authorised for use as a public service vehicle by a licence issued under Part V of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276); |
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“public place” means —| (a) | any place (open to the air or otherwise) to which members of the public have access as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission, without payment of a fee; | | | | Airport passenger terminal to which the public has access. |
| | | Bus terminal, bus stop or bus interchange. |
| | | | | Lobby of office building or hotel to which the public has access. |
| | | Ticket office or waiting area outside a cinema hall or movie theatre. |
| | | | | Open space in shopping mall or shopping complex. |
| | | Tunnel, underpass, bridge, walkway or passage over which the public has a right of way. |
| | | Void deck or other common property in an HDB estate. |
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| | (b) | any place (open to the air or otherwise) to which members of the public have access on payment of a fee —| (i) | mainly for a purpose that is other than viewing a display or an exhibition of a film or programme for entertainment or in the course of education; and | | (ii) | where viewing a display or an exhibition of a film or programme on a digital display panel is wholly incidental to the main purpose of entering the place; or | | | | Public swimming pool or sports complex. |
| | | Railway commuter facility within an MRT station. |
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| | (c) | a public passenger transport vehicle on a journey within Singapore but not if the journey is between a place in Singapore and a place outside Singapore, | | | | Excursion bus, school bus, tourist bus or omnibus. |
| | | | | Taxi or chauffeured private hire car. |
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| regardless that access to the place or vehicle may be restricted at particular times, but excludes a cinema hall, movie theatre, mosque, temple, church or other place for public worship or for the conduct (temporary or otherwise) of religious ceremonies, rites, services or celebrations. |
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