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Section 17

of Theatres and Places of Public Amusement (Federal Territory) Act 1977

ActRepealedProvision 17 of 20

Section 17

(1)

No person shall sell or offer or exhibit or have in his possession for sale or solicit for the purchase of, any icket authorizing or purporting to authorize admission to any theatre or place of public amusement licensed under this

Act, in any public throughfare, or in the entrance hall of or approaches to any such place, except at a box-office, booth, turnstile or counter appointed by the proprietor or manager of that place or by the organizer of the theatrical per-formance or public amusement held therein.

(2)

Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment of not exceeding one year or to both.

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