2012 Ed.
Broadcasting
CAP. 28
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“debenture” includes debenture stock;
“dwelling-house” includes a hotel, inn, boarding house or other
similar establishment;
“encrypted” means treated electronically or otherwise for the
purpose of preventing intelligible reception;
“free-to-air broadcasting service” means a licensable
broadcasting service made available for reception in not
less than 2 dwelling-houses by broadcasting apparatus
commonly available to the public without payment of a
subscription fee;
“free-to-air licence” means a broadcasting licence granted under
this Act for the operation of a free-to-air broadcasting service,
and “free-to-air licensee” shall be construed accordingly;
“Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore”
means the Info-communications Development Authority of
Singapore established under section 3 of the Infocommunications Development Authority of Singapore Act
(Cap. 137A);
“licence” means a licence granted under any provision of this
Act, and “licensee” shall be construed accordingly;
“licensable broadcasting service” means any broadcasting
service specified in the Second Schedule;
“member” means a member of the Authority;
“programme”, in relation to a broadcasting service, means —
(a) any matter the primary purpose of which is to entertain,
educate or inform all or part of the public; or
(b) any advertising or sponsorship matter, whether or not
of a commercial kind,
but does not include any matter that is wholly related to or
connected with any private communication, that is to say —
(i) any communication between 2 or more persons that is
of a private or domestic nature;
Informal Consolidation – version in force from 31/8/2012