Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 47

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person leaves a computer game in a public place or, without the occupier's permission, at private premises; 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+.