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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.]