1986 Ed.]
Places of Public Entertainment
[CAP. 172
5. (1) No person shall advertise, present or carry on any cinematograph display to which the public are invited or have access or which persons may attend by reason of being members of any club, association or other organization, incorporated or unincorporated, or cause any such display to be advertised, presented or carried on, unless every film (including any trailer or excerpt), and every poster, picture or figure exhibited and the text of every advertisement used in connexion with such display have been approved for exhibition in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. (Amended, L.N. 63/70 and 51 of 1976, s. 3)
(2) For the purposes of this section, if any film (including any trailer or excerpt) or any poster, picture, figure or the text of any advertisement exhibited in connexion therewith is altered in any way whatsoever after being approved for exhibition as required in subsection (1) or, where the approval is subject to any conditions, there is a breach of any such condition, such film (including any trailer or excerpt) or such poster, picture, figure or text, as the case may be, shall be deemed not to have been so approved. (Replaced, 51 of 1976, s. 3)
(2A) Any person to whom approval has been granted under subsection (1) to advertise, present or carry on a cinematograph display may also be required to submit for approval any other matter, other than those items to which subsection (1) applies, which is being exhibited or is intended for exhibition at such a display. (Added, 51 of 1976, s. 3)
(2B) Where matter is required to be submitted for approval under subsection (2A), no person shall exhibit or continue to exhibit such matter unless approval has been granted. (Added, 51 of 1976, s. 3)
(2C) Any matter submitted for approval under subsection (2A) which is altered in any way after being approved for exhibition shall be deemed not to have been so approved. (Added, 51 of 1976, s. 3)
(3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended, 51 of 1976, s. 3)
(Replaced, 47 of 1960, s. 2)
6. (1) No person shall sell, or offer or exhibit or have in his possession for sale, or solicit the purchase of, any ticket or voucher authorizing or purporting to authorize admission to any place of public entertainment licensed under this Ordinance or any place with respect to which duty on payments for admission is payable under the Entertainments Tax Ordinance-
(a) in any public thoroughfare, or in the entrance hall of, or approaches to, any such place as aforesaid, except at a box-office, booth, turnstile or counter appointed by the proprietor or manager of such place or by the organizer of
Cinematograph displays.
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Restrictions on the unauthorized sale of tickets.
(Cap. 110.)