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371 PDFTitle:SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) ORDINANCEGazette Number:36 of 2000
Section:13BHeading:Prohibition on placing of tobacco advertisement on the InternetVersion Date:16/06/2000

(1) No person shall place or cause to be placed a tobacco advertisement on the Internet.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a holder of a Public Non-Exclusive Telecommunications Service Licence granted under the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap 106) shall not be responsible for- (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 28)

        (a) any content placed on the Internet by a user and made available for the use of another user unless the holder has knowledge of such content and can reasonably be expected to block the use of such content or require amendment of such content; or
        (b) any such content to which the holder only provides access, including the automatic and temporary storage of such content by the holder due to the request of a user.
(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any tobacco advertisement which is contained in any private correspondence on the Internet and is not for commercial purposes.
(Added 93 of 1997 s. 14)