TELEVISION (STANDARDS OF PROGRAMMES) REGULATIONS

TELEVISION (STANDARDS OF PROGRAMMES) REGULATIONS

TELEVISION (STANDARDS OF PROGRAMMES)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 52, section 27)

[24 December 19641

L.N. 183 of 1964 - L.N. 100 of 1968, L.N. 34 of 1973, L.N. 135 of 1977, 49 of 1987, R. Ed. 1987,

L.N. 326 of 1988

1. Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Television (Standards of Programmes)
Regulations.

2. Application

The standards laid down in these regulations shall apply to all material
broadcast by a licensee.

3. Material to be included

(1) (a) Programmes broadcast by a licensee shall include a reasonable

proportion of material which is wholly of Hong Kong origin.

(b) For the purposes of this subregulation material shall only be

regarded as being wholly of Hong Kong origin if-
(i) it has been produced-
(A) both in substance and in form in Hong Kong; or

(B)by the licensee by whom it is broadcast, by any employee of
that licensee or by any company which, in relation to that
licensee, is a subsidiary company; and

(ii) the Broadcasting Authority is satisfied that it was produced
primarily for the Hong Kong market. (L.N. 326 of 1988)

(2) The Broadcasting Authority shall specify from time to time such
proportions as it considers reasonable. (49 of 1987 s. 17)

4. Material to he excluded

The programmes broadcast by a licensee shall exclude material which is likely

(a) to offend against good taste or decency;

(b) to mislead or alarm;





(c) to encourage or to incite to crime, civil disorder or civil disobedience;

(d)to discredit or bring into disrespect the law or social institutions including
any religion; and

(e) to serve the interest of any foreign political party.

5. News services (L.N. 100 of 1968)

A licensee shall broadcast news covering international and local affairs, which
shall be presented

(a) impartially;

(b) accurately; and

(c)from sources or services approved by the Broadcasting Authority. (L.N.
34 of 1973; L.N. 135 of 1977; 49 of 1987 s. 17)

6. General exemption (L.N. 100 of 1968)

Notwithstanding these regulations, the Broadcasting Authority may permit a
licensee to broadcast at appropriate times in appropriate circumstances- (49 of 1987
s. 17)

(a) genuine works of art or literary merit; and

(b) programmes giving serious presentation of moral or social issues.

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