New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 26

26 Possession or copying of publications for the purpose of sale

(1) A person must not possess or copy:

(a) a submittable publication, or

(b) a publication classified RC,

with the intention of selling the publication or the copy.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months for an individual, 250 penalty units for a corporation.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) (a) to prove that since the offence was alleged to have been committed the publication has been classified Unrestricted, Category 1 restricted or Category 2 restricted.

(3) In proceedings for an offence under this section, evidence that a person made or possessed 10 or more copies of a publication is prima facie evidence that the person intended to sell the publication.