Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

FILM CLASSIFICATION ACT 1971

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Film Classification Act 1971.1  
   2.      This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.1  
   3.      (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—“advertising matter”, in relation to a film, means—  
   3A.     3A. Where a film was registered under section 26H of the former State Act and that registration was in force immediately before the commencement of the Film Classification (Amendment) Act 1985—  
   4.      (1) The exhibition of a film to persons on payment of a charge or on presentation of a ticket or other token is prohibited unless—  
   5.      (1) This section applies to—  
   6.      Where a film is exhibited in contravention of section 4 or 5 of this Act, the person who conducts the exhibition of the film and the person who has the management and control of the place at which the film is exhibited are each guilty of an offence against this Act and are liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding One hundred dollars.  
   7.      Where advertising matter in relation to a film is published in contravention of subsection (3) of section 5 of this Act, the person who caused the advertising matter to be published is guilty of an offence against this Act and is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding One hundred dollars.  
   8.      (1) This section applies to—  
   9.      (1) In this section—“ ‘MA' film” means a film classified as such under the State Act; “young person”, in relation to an alleged offence under subsection (2), means a person who had attained 2 years of age but who had not yet attained 15 years of age at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed.  
   10.     A document or certificate that purports to be a document or certificate that is, in proceedings in a court in the State of New South Wales for an offence against the State Act, evidence of a matter stated in the document or certificate, is, in proceedings for an offence against this Act, evidence of the matter stated in the document or certificate.  
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