CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 59
CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 59
59 . Indecent or obscene articles, offences as to
(1) A person must not
—
(a) with
intent to sell or supply the article or the copy to another, possess or copy;
or
(b) sell
or supply, or offer to sell or supply, to another,
an indecent or obscene
article.
(2) A person must not
publish anything likely to be understood as conveying that the person
publishes or supplies indecent or obscene articles.
(3) A person must not
display, exhibit or demonstrate an indecent or obscene article in a public
place.
(4) A person must not
display, exhibit or demonstrate an indecent or obscene article so as to be
visible in a public place.
(5) A person must not
possess or copy an indecent or obscene article.
(6) A person must not
leave in or upon any place an indecent or obscene article.
(7) A person who
contravenes subsection (1) or (3) commits an offence and is liable to a
penalty of $10 000.
(8) A person who
contravenes subsection (2), (4), (5) or (6) commits an offence and is liable
to a penalty of $5 000.
(9) In proceedings for
an offence against subsection (1), evidence that a person had possession of,
or made, 10 or more copies of an indecent or obscene article is evidence that
the person intended to sell the article and, in the absence of evidence to the
contrary, is proof of that fact.
[Section 59 amended: No. 30 of 2003 s. 41(1).]
[ 60. Deleted: No. 21 of 2010 s. 9.]
[Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2003 s. 9.]