CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 81

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ENFORCEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 81

81 .         Possessing or copying certain films

        (1)         A person must not possess or copy —

            (a)         an unclassified film that would, if classified, be classified RC; or

            (b)         a film classified RC.

        Penalty: $10 000.

        (2)         A person must not possess or copy —

            (a)         an unclassified film that would, if classified, be classified X 18+, R 18+ or MA 15+; or

            (b)         a film classified X 18+,

                with the intention of selling the film or the copy, or exhibiting the film or the copy in a public place.

        Penalty: $10 000.

        (3)         In proceedings for an offence against subsection (2), evidence that a person had possession of, or made, 10 or more copies of a film is evidence that the person intended to sell or exhibit the film and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of that fact.

        [Section 81 amended: No. 30 of 2003 s. 41(2); No. 10 of 2006 s. 23.]