Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 42

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person demonstrates a computer game somewhere that is not a controlled space for demonstrating the computer game; and

        (b)     the computer game is—

              (i)     classified RC or MA 15+; or

              (ii)     an unclassified computer game; and

        (c)     for an unclassified computer game—the computer game is subsequently classified RC or MA 15+.

Maximum penalty:

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

        (b)     for a computer game classified MA 15+ or an unclassified computer game that is subsequently classified MA 15+—20 penalty units.

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

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

    (4)     In this section:

"controlled space", for demonstrating a computer game, means a space where the person demonstrating the computer game—

        (a)     can prevent someone entering the space; and

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