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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 17 Offences in relation to unclassified objectionable publications

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 17

Division 4 - Other publications and offences Offences in relation to unclassified objectionable publications

(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , a person must not –
(a) sell or deliver an unclassified objectionable publication or cause or permit such a publication to be sold or delivered; or
(b) exhibit, or cause or permit to be exhibited, an unclassified objectionable publication in a public place or in such a manner that it is visible from a public place.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.
(2)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(3)  A person is not to be convicted of an offence under subsection (1) if it is proved that –
(a) since the offence was alleged to have been committed the publication has been classified; and
(b) the act alleged to constitute the offence did not infringe any conditions, other than the conditions relating to prescribed markings, that would have been applicable to the publication had it been so classified at the time when the act was done.
(4)  A person must not exhibit an unclassified objectionable publication to a minor.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.
(5)  A person must not publish an advertisement relating to an unclassified objectionable publication or cause or permit such an advertisement to be published.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.