Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 48

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person possesses—

              (i)     a computer game classified RC; or

              (ii)     an unclassified computer game; and

        (b)     the person intends to sell or demonstrate the computer game.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the person possesses the computer game for classification or law enforcement.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person copies—

              (i)     a computer game classified RC; or

              (ii)     an unclassified computer game; and

        (b)     the person intends to sell or demonstrate the computer game or the copy.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (4)     This section does not apply if, since the offence was alleged to have been committed, the computer game has been classified MA 15+, M, PG or G.

    (5)     If, in a prosecution for an offence against this section, it is proved that the defendant made 10 or more copies of a computer game classified RC, or an unclassified computer game, it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the defendant intended to sell or exhibit the computer game.