Section 5
of Public Entertainments Prohibition Smoking And Cigarettes Advertisement Rules 1973 Reprinted
Section 5
(1)
The manager or any ticket collector or usher of any theatre or such employee as the manager may authorise in that behalf may order any person who smokes in any theatre to cease smoking forthwith, indicating the penalty provided therefor, and if such person refuses, neglects or fails to comply with such order, he may require such person to leave forthwith the theatre.
(2)
If such person refuses to leave forthwith the theatre, any of the person mentioned in paragraph (1) may seek the assistance of any police officer or officer of the appropriate authority and such police officer or officer of the appropriate authority may thereupon deal with such person in the manner provided under rule 3.
(3)
Any person who hinders, obstructs, threatens, abuses, molests or assaults any person mentioned in paragraph (1) in the performance or execution of anything which he is empowered to do under or by virtue of this rule shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested without warrant by any police officer or officer of the appropriate authority and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit.
(4)
No person who has been ordered to leave a theatre under the provisions of this rule shall be entitled to a refund of any admission fee or money paid by him for the purchase of a ticket.
(5)
Nothing in this rule shall be construed as preventing any person from being prosecuted for any act which constitutes an offence under rule 3.
4
Where smoking not prohibited.