Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995 - SECT 42

Sale or delivery of certain computer games to minors

42. Sale or delivery of certain computer games to minors



(1) A person must not sell or deliver to a minor a computer game classified RC
or an unclassified computer game which would, if classified, be classified RC.

Penalty: 240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) A person must not sell or deliver to a minor who is under 15 a computer
game classified MA 15+, unless the person is a parent or guardian of the
minor.

Penalty: 30 penalty units.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) to
prove that the defendant or the defendant's employee or agent believed on
reasonable grounds that-

   (a)  the minor was 15 or older; or

   (b)  the parent or guardian of the minor had consented to the sale or
        delivery.