Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“film-publicity material” includes the original or duplicate of the whole or any part of a picture, photograph, poster, figure, handbill, slide, newspaper advertisement and any other form of advertisement printed or recorded on any material and intended to publicise a film;
“article” means apparatus or equipment used to make and process film or its duplicate, and includes a television set and video cassette recorder;
“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by regulations made under this Act;
“film” includes the original or duplicate of the whole or any part of—
(a)
a cinematograph film; and
(b)
a videotape, diskette, laser disc, compact disc, hard disc and other record, of a sequence of visual images, being a record capable of being used as a means of showing that sequence as a moving picture, whether or not accompanied by sound;
“Appeal Committee” means the Appeal Committee established under section 22;
“Board” means the Board of Censors established under section 4;
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Film Censorship
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for matters pertaining to the censorship of films and film-publicity materials and, except in relation to the power to make regulations, includes the Deputy
Minister;
“proper officer of customs” has the meaning assigned to that expression in the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235];
“Enforcement Officer” means an Enforcement Officer appointed under section 29 and includes an Assistant Enforcement Officer and a Junior Enforcement Officer;
“police officer” means a police officer, as defined under the Police Act 1967 [Act 344], not below the rank of an
Inspector;
“owner”, in relation to a film or film-publicity material, means—
(a)
a person who is entitled to the possession of the film or film-publicity material whether it is made or produced in
Malaysia or imported from outside Malaysia; or
(b)
any person who has the film or film-publicity material in his control, possession or ownership at the time in question;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under paragraph 4(1)(a) and includes the Vice-Chairman and a temporary
Chairman who executes the duties of the Chairman;
“alteration” includes the excision, addition, deletion, erasure, reconstruction or removal of scenes, dialogues or sound, in totality or in part, of a film, and also includes the insertion or amendment of subtitles in a film;
“Secretary” means the Secretary provided to the Board under subsection 4(3), and includes an Assistant Secretary;
“exhibition” includes the production of any music, speech, noise or other sound which accompanies the projection of a film, and
“exhibit” shall be construed accordingly.
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