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(Date Posted:16/05/2008 15:07:59)
The Films Act 2002, which provides for the control of the importation and the classification of films meant for public, will be proclaimed in December 2008. Regulations under the Act will be promulgated to provide for procedures relating to the classification of films and posters and the levying of fees and charges. The classification system, i.e. visa U, PG, 15, 18 or 18R, will be extended to video films to enable parents to have a better control over the type of film being viewed by their children. With a view to further consolidating the mechanism of control of films for public exhibition, especially video films, the Films Act and the Regulations will also provide, inter alia, for the following: - mandatory registration of film importers with the Film Classification Board
- maintenance of a register with the name of films, the visas and the serial number appearing on the certificate of exhibition
- the classification symbol allocated to a video film appearing on the cassette, disc, disc sleeve or cassette jacket, as the case may be; and
- tougher punishment for infringement of the law.
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