Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995 - SECT 47

Certain films, publications and computer games not to be advertised

47. Certain films, publications and computer games not to be advertised



(1) A person must not publish an advertisement for-

   (a)  an unclassified film or an unclassified computer game otherwise than
        in accordance with the conditions on which unclassified films and
        unclassified computer games may be advertised that are set out in the
        Advertising Scheme; or

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

   (c)  a submittable publication; or

   (d)  a publication classified RC; or



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   (f)  a computer game classified RC.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) For the purposes of this section, if-

   (a)  a person publishes an advertisement for an unclassified film or an
        unclassified computer game at the request of another person; and

   (b)  the person who publishes the advertisement notifies a member of the
        police force of the identity of the other person-

that other person alone must be taken to have published it.