25. Obstruction
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obstructs the Commissioner, any police officer, or authorized person lawfully exercising any powers conferred on him by or under section 16 in entering or inspecting any place of entertainment or delays in producing any articles, books, accounts, tickets, or other documents or things which he has been called upon by the
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the City of Kuala Lumpur appointed under section 4 of the Federal Capital Act 1960;
Commissioner, police officer, or authorized person to produce and which are or ought to be in the ordinary course of business in his power to produce;
refuses to furnish any information which he may be required to furnish by the Commissioner, police officer, or authorized person or who, being required to furnish information by the Commissioner, police officer, or authorized person, furnishes false or misleading information;
obstructs the seizure of any document or other thing under section 21, or the closure of any place of entertainment under section 17; or
place of entertainment
“place of entertainment” means any place on which there is any erection or structure, any premises or building whether temporary or permanent or any waterborne craft or other place in or at which an entertainment is provided and to which the public are admitted with or without payment for admission, and includes an amusement park. Power of Minister to issue directions
hinders or obstructs the Commissioner, any police officer or any authorized person from exercising any other powers lawfully conferred on himby or under this Act,
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entertainment
“entertainment” includes— (a) plays, operas, pantomimes, variety acts, performances of music, singing, dancing, gymnastics, martial art demonstrations, acrobatics and legerdemain, beauty contests, tableaux, demonstrations, displays and parades, in which living persons take part; (b) displays of fireworks, set pieces, commemorative decorations and representations of real or mythical creatures; (c) circuses and exhibitions of animals; (d) exhibitions of models, reading matter, pictures, photographs or of statuary or other forms of representation of human or animal figures; (e) exhibitions of cinematograph films, video movies and puppet-shows; (f) reproductions or transmissions otherwise than in association with a cinematograph film, by any means whatsoever other than telephony or radio telephony, of any music, song or speech; (g) machines and devices by the manipulation of which chances are given of obtaining prizes in money or kind; (h) pin-table and video games; Entertainment (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur) 7 (i) sporting contests of any kind between any number of persons or animals; (j) organized competitions at games of skill or chance; (k) trade fairs consisting of the exhibition, advertisement or sale of the products of industries or of materials; (l) any combination of any of the above forms of entertainment; (m) any other entertainment which the Minister may, from time to time by order in the Gazette, declare, in any place to which members of the public are admitted with or without payment of money or other consideration;
shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than two thousand ringgit but not more than ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.