Victorian Current Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 39

S. 39(1) amended by No. 72/2012 s. 6(2)(3).

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

Penalty:

        (a)     if the computer game is classified, or is subsequently classified, R 18+—40 penalty units;

        (b)     if the computer game 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. 39(2)(a) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 20.13).

        (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 demonstration of the computer game.