Section 2
In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires -
of Tobacco (Prohibition in Certain Places) Notification, 2007
"eating place" means any place or any part of the place where food, meals or refreshments are served to the public and includes a ballroom of a hotel;
"amusement centre" includes any premises where jackpot machines, pin-ball machines, video game machines or any other similar game machines are provided for entertainment;
"cinema" includes the auditorium of any building used for the exhibition of films;
"educational institution" has the same meaning as in section 2 of the
Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03);
"entertainment centre" means any premises or place where public entertainment takes place and public are permitted to enter with or without payment and includes an amusement centre, a cinema and theatre;
"factory" means any premises oi such part thereof used solely or principally for the manufacture or production (whether by an assembly line or otherwise) of any article, commodity or product or part thereof and includes any corridor, lobby, stairwell, washroom or other common area in such premises or part thereof to which persons employed therein have access;
"government premises" means any premises owned or occupied by the
Government or any statutory body;
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"higher educational institution" has the same meaning as in section 2 of the
Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03J;
"hospital" means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging, treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment or suffer from any sickness, disease, injury or infirmity;
"medical clinic" means any premises used or intended to be used by a medical practitioner or a dentist, as the case may be, registered under the
Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112) or any other persons -
{a) for the diagnosis or treatment of persons suffering from or believed to be suffering from any disease, injury or disability of mind or body; or
{b)
for curing or alleviating any abnormal condition of the human body by the application of any apparatus, equipment, instrument or device requiring the use of electricity, heat or light;
"motor omnibus" has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Road Traffic
Act (Chapter 68);
"nursing home" means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception of, and the provision of nursing for, persons suffering or convalescing from any sickness, injury or infirmity;
"office premises" means any room or premises or part thereof the sole or principal use of which is for the carrying out of any administrative or clerical or other related work;
"premises" includes a building, tent or other structure, whether permanent or otherwise, and any adjoining land used in connection therewith, and also includes a vehicle;
"private bus" means any bus owned by any person and used exclusively for the conveyance of the employees of the owner of such bus or for the conveyance of persons in connection with his business, any charges made for the conveyance of such persons being such that no profit results therefrom;
"private hire bus" means any bus which does not ply for hire on any road but is hired under a contract, express or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole;
"public transport terminal" includes any place for purchasing tickets or for getting on and off any public transport;
"school bus" means any bus used for carrying children to and from schools and hired under a contract, express or implied, at a fixed or agreed rate or sum;
"shop" means any place where consumer product or service is offered or sold to the public;
"shopping complex" means any building wherein a chain of shops is situated where consumer product or consumer service is offered or sold to the public;
"taxicab" has the same meaning as in section 211) of the Road Traffic Act
(Chapter 68);
"theatre" means the auditorium of any building used for the performance or presentation of any stage play, musical, song or dance show, recital, competition, sporting contest, exhibition, variety act or other entertainment.
Smoking not permitted in certain places.