PART VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
The Objectionable Publications Ordinance is
Repeal of Objectionable
Publications
Ordinance. (Cap. 150.)
Transitional. (Cap. 150.)
47.
repealed.
48. Any proceedings under the Objectionable
Publications Ordinance commenced before the commencement
of this Ordinance shall, notwithstanding the repeal of
the Objectionable Publications Ordinance by section 47,
continue as if that Ordinance had not been repealed.
Explanatory Memorandum
This Bill, which repeals and replaces the
Objectionable Publications Ordinance, establishes a
Tribunal, to be known as the Obscene Articles Tribunal,
which will have exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether
an article referred to it by a court or magistrate is an
obscene or indecent article and whether matter publicly
displayed is indecent. The Tribunal will also have power
to classify an article as Class I (neither obscene nor