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Chapter IV —
Control of entertainments and exhibitions30.
—(1) The promoter and every person concerned in the promotion of any entertainment or exhibition and the proprietor of any premises upon which any such entertainment or exhibition is held or is intended to be held shall upon the order in writing of the Minister or of any officer authorised by the Minister in that behalf furnish to the Minister or that officer such information as he may specify relating to the following matters:
(a)
particulars of persons concerned in the promotion of the entertainment or exhibition and the interests represented by those persons;
(b)
particulars of the persons who have agreed to participate or participated in the entertainment or exhibition or have been invited to do so and the interests represented by those persons;
(c)
the purposes to which any profits from the entertainment or exhibition are intended to be or have been applied; and
(d)
such other matters as the Minister may direct.
(2) Any person furnishing as true information required under subsection (1) which he knows or has reason to believe to be false or incomplete shall be guilty of an offence under section 39.
(3) In the event of any entertainment or exhibition in respect of which information has been furnished under subsection (1) being conducted in any manner contrary to the information so furnished the person by whom the information was furnished shall be guilty of an offence under section 39.
31.
—(1) The Minister may, if he is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order to ensure that any entertainment or exhibition shall not be an entertainment or exhibition to which section 33 would apply, by order in writing require the promoter and every person concerned in the promotion of the entertainment or exhibition and the proprietor of any premises upon which any such entertainment or exhibition is held or is intended to be held to observe such conditions relating to the holding of such entertainment or exhibition as he may specify.
(2) Every person who commits any breach of or fails to comply with any conditions imposed under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence under section 39:
Provided that no person shall be convicted of an offence under this section if he proves that the breach of or failure to comply with the conditions in respect of which he is charged was done without his authority, consent and knowledge, and without any want of due care or caution on his part.
(3) The Minister may, if in any particular case he thinks it necessary, require any person in respect of whom an order under subsection (1) has been made to enter into a bond, with or without sureties, in such sum as the Minister may direct, that the conditions contained in such order shall be observed.
32.
—(1) The promoter and every person concerned in the promotion of any entertainment or exhibition which is the subject of an order under section 31 and the proprietor of any premises upon which any such entertainment or exhibition is held shall severally, and either personally or by a duly authorised agent approved in that behalf by a police officer not below the rank of inspector, be present throughout the period of every performance or display of every such entertainment or exhibition.
(2) The Minister may by writing exempt any person either absolutely or subject to such conditions as the Minister may prescribe from subsection (1).
33.
—(1) The Minister may by order prohibit the holding of or may direct the closing of any entertainment or exhibition —
(a)
if he is satisfied that such entertainment or exhibition is or is likely to be in any way detrimental to the national interest;
(b)
if there has been in respect of such entertainment or exhibition any refusal of or failure to furnish any information required to be furnished under section 30, or if any information so furnished is false or incomplete; or
(c)
if there has been in respect of such entertainment or exhibition any breach of or failure to comply with any conditions imposed under section 31.
(2) The promoter and every person concerned in the promotion of any entertainment or exhibition which is held or continued in contravention of an order under subsection (1) and the proprietor of any premises upon which such exhibition is held shall be guilty of an offence under section 39:
Provided that no person shall be convicted of an offence under this section if he proves that the entertainment or exhibition in respect of which he is charged was promoted or continued without his authority, consent and knowledge and without any want of due care or caution on his part.
34.
—(1) Any police officer or any person authorised by the Minister in writing in that behalf may without warrant enter any premises upon which any entertainment or exhibition is being held or is intended to be held with a view to ascertaining whether the provisions of this Chapter or of any order made thereunder are being complied with, and may make such investigation and inspection of such premises and call upon any person to produce such articles, books, accounts, tickets or other documents or things and to furnish any information as such officer or person may consider necessary for such purpose:
Provided that any person not in uniform purporting to exercise any powers under this subsection shall on demand produce his written authority to exercise such powers to any person lawfully demanding the written authority.
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(2) Any person who —
(a)
obstructs any officer or authorised person lawfully exercising any powers conferred on him by or under subsection (1) in entering or inspecting any premises or delays in producing any articles, books, accounts or other documents or things which he has been called upon by such officer or authorised person to produce and which are or ought to be in the ordinary course of business in his power to produce;
(b)
refuses to furnish any information which he may be required to furnish by such officer or authorised person or who, being required to furnish information by such officer or authorised person, furnishes false or misleading information; or
(c)
obstructs the seizure of any document or other thing under section 36, or the closure of any entertainment or exhibition under section 37,
shall be guilty of an offence under section 39.
35.
—(1) Any officer or person authorised to exercise the powers of entry or investigation under section 34 may without warrant and with or without assistance enter any premises if he considers it to be necessary and has reason to believe that an offence under this Chapter or any order made thereunder has been committed and may search such place and any person whom he reasonably believes to be concerned in the management or promotion of any entertainment or exhibition or to be an agent or employee of the promoter or of the proprietor of those premises.
(2) No woman shall be searched under this section except by a woman.
36. Any officer or person authorised to exercise the powers of entry or investigation under section 34 may seize any document or other thing in respect of which he reasonably believes an offence to have been committed under this Chapter or any order made thereunder or which he reasonably believes to be or to contain evidence relating to such an offence:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the powers of a police officer under the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68].
37. Any officer or person authorised to exercise the powers of entry or investigation under section 34 may, without prejudice to the exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section, forthwith take such steps as he may consider necessary to close any entertainment or exhibition which he is satisfied is kept open in contravention of any order made under section 31 or 33.
38. For the purposes of this Chapter and any orders made thereunder every person shall be liable for every act, omission, neglect or default of any agent or employee employed by him, as fully and effectually as if such act, omission, neglect or default were done or committed by such person; but so that nothing in this section shall affect the liability of such agent or employee, and provided that the liability of a principal shall not extend to imprisonment unless he is privy to the offence.
39. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Chapter or any order made or any condition imposed thereunder, or abets such contravention or failure, shall be guilty of an offence under this Part and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.