Film Censorship Act 2002 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part VII · Miscellaneous
47. Presumption
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a person shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be the occupier of any premises, or the owner of any vehicle, vessel or conveyance if he has, or appears to have, the care or management of such premises, vehicle, vessel or conveyance;
owner
“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;
if any film or film-publicity material that has not been approved by the Board or in respect of which an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act has been committed is found in any premises, vehicle, vessel or conveyance, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the film or film-publicity material is there with the knowledge of the occupier of the premises, or the owner of the vehicle, vessel or conveyance;
film
“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;
if any film which has not been approved by the Board is found in any premises, vehicle, vessel or conveyance, the name and address of the person found in or on any part of the film or its cover shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be the name and address of the owner of the film who intends to exhibit, distribute, display, circulate, hire or sell the film.