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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 69

69 .         X 18+ films: exhibition

        (1)         A person must not exhibit in a public place a film classified X 18+.

        Penalty: $10 000.

        (2)         A person must not exhibit so that it can be seen from a public place that is outside the place where it is exhibited — 

            (a)         an unclassified film that would, if classified, be classified X 18+; or

            (b)         a film classified X 18+.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         A person must not exhibit in a place that is not a public place, in the presence of a minor — 

            (a)         an unclassified film that would, if classified, be classified X 18+; or

            (b)         a film classified X 18+.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (4)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (3) for the person charged to prove that the person believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult.

        [Section 69 amended by No. 30 of 2003 s. 41(2); No. 10 of 2006 s. 14.]



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