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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 75 Power of police officers and other persons to demand particulars

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 75

PART 9 - Miscellaneous Division 1 - Enforcement and proceedings Power of police officers and other persons to demand particulars

(1)  In this section, prescribed person means a person who –
(a) exhibits, sells or delivers a film to another person or is about to exhibit, sell or deliver a film to another person; or
(b) demonstrates, sells or delivers a computer game to another person or is about to demonstrate, sell or deliver a computer game to another person; or
(c) sells or delivers a publication to another person or is about to sell or deliver a publication to another person.
(2)  A prescribed person who has reasonable cause to suspect that –
(a) he or she may be about to commit an offence against this Act in respect of another person; or
(b) another person has committed or is about to commit an offence against this Act –
may demand the name, age and address of that other person.
(3)  A police officer who has reasonable cause to suspect that a person has committed or is about to commit an offence against this Act may demand that person's name, age and address.
(4)  A person must not give false particulars, or fail or refuse to give particulars, to a prescribed person or police officer under subsection (2) or (3) .
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.