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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Offences - Offences involving objectionable or restricted publications

124: Offences involving knowledge in relation to objectionable publications

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"Breaking the law with objectionable publications can lead to big trouble"

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You can commit an offence if you do something with a publication that you know or believe is objectionable, like what is mentioned in section 123(1). If you do this, you can get in trouble with the law. You might even go to prison for up to 14 years or your company could be fined up to $200,000 if you are found guilty.

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Part 8Offences
Offences involving objectionable or restricted publications

124Offences involving knowledge in relation to objectionable publications

  1. Every person commits an offence against this Act who does any act mentioned in section 123(1), knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the publication is objectionable.

  2. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $200,000.

      Compare
      • 1963 No 22 s 22(1)(a), (2)
      • 1987 No 85 s 52(1)(a), (2)
      Notes
      • Section 124(2): substituted, on , by section 27 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 2).
      • Section 124(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
      • Section 124(2)(a): amended, on , by section 4 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Objectionable Publications) Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 42).