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Part III · Advertisement, Promotion and Sponsorship

7. Prohibition on advertisement of tobacco product, etc.

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(1)

No person shall publish or facilitate any person to publish any advertisement which—

(a)

contains any tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product;

(b)

contains any brand name or trademark relating to any tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product;

(c)

contains any offer or invitation to purchase any tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product;

(d)

is intended or likely to encourage any person to smoke;

(e)

promotes any tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product as a quit smoking product;

or

(f)

promotes any goods used in association with any tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product.

(2)

Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction—

(a)

where the person is not a body corporate—

(i)

for the first offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both;

and

(ii)

for the second or subsequent offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; and

(b)

where the person is a body corporate—

(i)

for the first offence, be liable to a fine not less than twenty thousand ringgit and not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;

and

(ii)

for the second or subsequent offence, be liable to a fine not less than fifty thousand ringgit and not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

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Report

Part IV

Control of Sale

Part V

Part VI

Prohibition of Smoking

Part VII

Liability of Manufacturer, Importer or Distributor

Part VIII

Administration

Part IX

Enforcement

Part X

Trials and Proceedings

Part XI

General

Part XII

Transitional