Malaysia legislation
Section 12
Section 12
(1)
The Minister of Local Government and Housing may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance, and in particular may by such rules provide for all or any of the following matters, that is to say –
Theatres and places of Public Amusement Rules (G.N.S. 176/1949 as amended by G.N.S. 200/1960) at page 664 of Volume V at the 1953 Revised Edition. Public Entertainment (Prohibition on Smoking and
Cigarettes Advertisement) Rules 1973.
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(a)
the form of licences to be granted under this Ordinance and the fees to be paid for such licences;
(b)
the conduct of theatres or places of public amusement in a decent and orderly manner and for securing the decent and orderly behaviour of all persons visiting such theatres or places of public amusement;
(c)
the prevention of gambling in theatres or places of public amusement;
(d)
prohibiting the playing of any game or class of game or the use of any particular kind of apparatus in theatres or places of public amusement;
(e)
for conforming with the requirements of any conditions of licences; and
(f)
the prohibition, restriction or regulation of smoking and the advertisements of cigarettes in theatre or places of public amusement.
(2)
Such rules may provide that the breach or contravention of any rule is an offence against such rule and may provide a penalty not exceeding Ringgit Malaysia fifty thousand or a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both fine and imprisonment for the commission of any such offence.
Saving of powers of local authority.