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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 45

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 45

45—Possession or copying of film for purpose of sale or exhibition

        (1)         A person must not possess or copy—

            (a)         an unclassified film that would, if classified, be classified RC or X 18+; or

            (b)         a film classified RC or X 18+,

with the intention of exhibiting the film or copy in contravention of this Part or selling the film or copy.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (2)         In proceedings for an offence against this section, evidence that a person was in possession of or made three or more copies of a film of a kind referred to in subsection (1) is evidence that the person intended to exhibit the film in contravention of this Part or sell the film and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of that fact.