Victorian Current Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 12

S. 12(1) amended by No. 6/2005 s. 5(h)(i)(ii).

    (1)     A person must not exhibit in a place, other than a public place, in the presence of a minor a film classified RC, X 18+ or R 18+ or an unclassified film which would, if classified, be classified RC, X 18+ or R 18+.

Penalty:    

S. 12(1)(a) amended by No. 6/2005 s. 5(h)(ii).

        (a)     if the film is classified, or is subsequently classified, R 18+—20 penalty units;

S. 12(1)(b) amended by No. 6/2005 s. 5(h)(i).

        (b)     if the film is classified, or is subsequently classified, X 18+—60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months;

        (c)     if the film is classified, or is subsequently classified, RC—240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

    (2)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) to prove that—

S. 12(2)(a) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 20.1).

        (a)     the accused believed on reasonable grounds that the minor was an adult; or

        (b)     the parent or guardian of the minor consented to the minor being present at the exhibition of the film.

S. 13 (Heading) inserted by No. 6/2005
s. 5(i).