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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 43

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 43

43—Power to demand particulars and expel minors

        (1)         A person exhibiting, selling or delivering films who has reasonable cause to suspect that the exhibition, sale or delivery of a film to another person is, or would be, in contravention of this Part may demand the name, age and address of the other person.

        (2)         A member of the police force who has reasonable cause to suspect that the exhibition, sale or delivery of a film to a person is, or would be, in contravention of this Part may demand the person's name, age and address.

        (3)         A person must not give false particulars or fail or refuse to give satisfactory particulars demanded under subsection (1) or (2).

Maximum penalty: $750.

        (4)         If the exhibitor of a film that is being, or is about to be, exhibited in a public place, or an employee or agent of the exhibitor or a member of the police force, suspects on reasonable grounds that a person's presence during the exhibition of the film is, or would be, in contravention of this Part, the exhibitor, employee, agent or member of the police force may—

            (a)         require the person to leave the place; and

            (b)         if the person fails to comply with such a requirement—use reasonable force to expel the person from the place.

        (5)         A person must not fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (4).

Maximum penalty: $750.