Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 10

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person exhibits a film somewhere that is not a controlled space for exhibiting the film; and

        (b)     the film is—

              (i)     classified RC, X 18+, R 18+ or MA 15+; or

              (ii)     an unclassified film; and

        (c)     for an unclassified film—the film is subsequently classified RC, X 18+, R 18+ or MA 15+.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for a film classified RC, or an unclassified film that is subsequently classified RC—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both; or

        (b)     for a film classified X 18+, or an unclassified film that is subsequently classified X 18+—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both; or

        (c)     for a film classified MA 15+ or R 18+, or an unclassified film that is subsequently classified MA 15+ or R 18+—20 penalty units.

    (2)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (1) (c).

    (3)     This section does not apply if the film is an unclassified film and the person does not believe, and has no reasonable grounds for believing, that the film would be classified RC, X 18+, R 18+ or MA 15+.

    (4)     In this section:

"controlled space", for exhibiting a film, means a space where the person exhibiting the film—

        (a)     can prevent someone entering the space; and

        (b)     can prevent the film being seen from outside the space.