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CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 - SECT 7

7 Production of computer game for classification or reclassification

(1) For sections 5 and 6, the computer games classification officer may, by written notice given to a person (the publisher) who publishes a computer game, require the publisher to give the officer a copy of the game.

(2) The publisher must comply with the notice within 3 business days after receiving it.

Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) for the defendant to prove that the defendant did not have a copy of the computer game.

(4) If a copy of a computer game is given to the computer games classification officer under this section, the officer must promptly classify the game under section 5 or reclassify the game under section 6.

(5) When the game is classified the computer games classification officer must immediately return the game to the publisher.

(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to a computer game that is classified RC because it is a child abuse computer game.



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