(1) A person shall not display an advertisement on any building or land except with the written permission of the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division.
(2) The Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division may make regulations under this Act for restricting or controlling the display of advertisements so far as is expedient in the interests of amenity or public safety and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, any such regulations may—
(a) regulate the dimensions, appearance and position of advertisements that may be displayed, the sites on which advertisements may be displayed and the manner in which they are affixed to buildings or land;
(b) prescribe different provisions with respect to different areas or places and in particular make special provisions with respect to areas or places defined in the Regulations as areas of special control, the amenities of which appear to the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division to require special protection;
(c) prohibit the display in areas of special control of all advertisements of such classes or descriptions as may be specified in the Regulations;
(d) provide for the removal of any advertisement that is being displayed in contravention of the Regulations or the discontinuation of the use for the exhibition or display of advertisements of any site that is being used for that purpose in contravention of the Regulations.
(3) Regulations made under this section may be made so as to apply to advertisements which are being exhibited or displayed on the date on which the Regulations come into force or to the use for the exhibition or display of advertisements of any site which was being used for that purpose on that date.
(4) Where the display of advertisements in accordance with Regulations made under this section involves the development of land within the meaning of this Act, permission for that development shall be deemed to have been granted by virtue of this section, and no application shall be necessary in that behalf.
(5) A person is deemed to display an advertisement if—
(a) he or she is the owner or occupier of the land on which the advertisement is displayed; or
(b) the advertisement gives publicity to his or her goods, trade, business or other concerns.
(Amended by Act 3 of 2005)