Part 8Offences
Miscellaneous provisions
144Attorney-General's consent required for private prosecutions of certain publications offences
No private prosecution (as defined in section 5 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011) for an offence against all or any of the provisions of the following sections can be commenced without the Attorney-General's consent:
- sections 123 to 129 (offences involving objectionable or restricted publications):
- section 131 (offence to possess objectionable publication):
- section 131A (offences relating to possession of objectionable publications and involving knowledge):
- section 133 (contravention of serial publication order):
- section 133A (contravention of interim restriction order).
Notes
- Section 144: replaced, on , by section 8 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Objectionable Publications) Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 42).
- Section 144(d): replaced, on , by section 10 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Interim Restriction Orders) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 43).
- Section 144(e): inserted, on , by section 10 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Interim Restriction Orders) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 43).