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repealed.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continue as if that Ordinance had not been repealed.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

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