Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES ACT - SECT 74

(1) A person must not possess a computer game with the intention of publishing the game if the game is:

(a) classified RC; or

(b) unclassified but would, if classified, be classified RC.

Fault elements:

(a) intention to publish the game; and

(b) knowledge that, or recklessness as to whether, the game is classified RC or unclassified.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) If the game is unclassified, absolute liability applies to the circumstance that the game would, if classified, be classified RC.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses a game for classification or law enforcement purposes.

(4) If a person makes 10 or more copies of a game, it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the person intended to publish the game.

(5) In this section:

publish includes publish outside the Territory.