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PUBLIC OFFICERS WHO MAY EXERCISE FUNCTIONS OF
AUTHORITY EXCEPT FUNCTION UNDER SECTION 6(2)
The Assistant Commissioner for Television and
Entertainment Licensing.
2.
The Chief Entertainment Standards Control Officer
(Films).
(b)
2.
Explanatory Memorandum
The object of this Bill is to -
(a) repeal and replace the provisions relating to the
censorship of films presently contained in the
Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (Cap.
172) and in the Film Censorship Regulations 1987
(L.N. 154/87) made under that Ordinance; and
introduce a new system of film classification.
Part I comprises clauses 1 and 2. Clause 1
provides that the Bill shall come into operation on a date
to be fixed. Clause 2(1) sets out definitions of terms
used in the Bill, including definitions of "exhibition" and
"film". Clause 2(2) is an interpretative provision which
specifies, in relation to the exhibition of a film, the
person who shall be taken to exhibit the film for the
purposes of the Bill.
3. Part II comprises clauses 3 to 6.
establishes the Film Censorship Authority.
Clause 3
Clause 4