Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES ACT - SECT 50Z

(1) A person shall not use a computer service to -

(a) transmit an article knowing it to be objectionable material;

(b) obtain possession of an article knowing it to be objectionable material;

(c) demonstrate an article knowing it to be objectionable material;

(d) advertise that objectionable material is available for transmission; or

(e) request the transmission of objectionable material.

Penalty: If the offender is a natural person - 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

If the offender is a body corporate - 1 000 penalty units.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) to prove that the article concerned is -

(a) an article of recognised literary, artistic or scientific merit; or

(b) a bona fide medical article,

and the transmission, obtaining possession of, demonstrating, advertising, or requesting the transmission of, the article is justified as being for the public good.