Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995 - SECT 45A

Possession or copying of commercial quantity of RC computer games

45A. Possession or copying of commercial quantity of RC computer games



(1) A person must not possess a commercial quantity of-

   (a)  computer games classified RC; or

   (b)  unclassified computer games which would, if classified, be classified
        RC; or





   (c)  computer games that are a mixture of computer games referred to in
        paragraphs (a) and (b)-

with the intention of selling or demonstrating the computer games. Penalty:
1200 penalty units or imprisonment for 10 years.

(2) A person must not copy a commercial quantity of-

   (a)  computer games classified RC; or

   (b)  unclassified computer games which would, if classified, be classified
        RC; or

   (c)  computer games that are a mixture of computer games referred to in
        paragraphs (a) and (b)-

with the intention of selling or demonstrating the computer games or the
copies. Penalty: 1200 penalty units or imprisonment for 10 years.

(3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an indictable offence.

(4) In proceedings for an offence against a provision of this section,
evidence that a person made 50 or more copies of an unclassified computer game
is evidence that the person intended to sell or demonstrate the computer games
and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of that fact.

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