4.-(1) Prohibited material is material that is objectionable on the grounds of public
interest, public morality, public order, public security, national harmony, or is
otherwise prohibited by applicable Singapore laws.
(2) In considering what is prohibited material, the following factors should be
taken into account:-
(a) whether the material depicts nudity or genitalia in a manner calculated
to titillate;
(b) whether the material promotes sexual violence or sexual activity
involving coercion or non-consent of any kind;(c) whether the material depicts a person or persons clearly engaged in
explicit sexual activity;
(d) whether the material depicts a person who is, or appears to be, under
16 years of age in sexual activity, in a sexually provocative manner or in
any other offensive manner;
(e) whether the material advocates homosexuality or lesbianism, or
depicts or promotes incest, paedophilia, bestiality and necrophilia;
(f) whether the material depicts detailed or relished acts of extreme
violence or cruelty;
(g) whether the material glorifies, incites or endorses ethnic, racial or
religious hatred, strife or intolerance.
(3) A further consideration is whether the material has intrinsic medical,
scientific, artistic or educational value
