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presented
The way in which to Implement the system lias
difficulties which have required detailed
consideration and careful deliberation. Essentially,
two approaches have been examined.
The first is by enacting new legislation for
film censorship purposes to replace the existing Film
Censorship Regulations which ате not satisfactory
because they were made under an omnibus ordinance
governing places of public entertainment and which legal
advice has been given expressing doubts about their
legality. In drafting the legislation problems were
encountered in finding an approppriate expression of the
principles of cersorship which would adequately guide
the film industry as to what was acceptable,
circumscribe the powers
powers of the censors and safeguard
against possible abuses. It Was recognised that the
public could be sensitive to the criteria for censoring
films, currently embodied in the administrative "Note of
Guidance", being confirmed by statue.
Consideration was then given to identifying an
alternative method of introducing a system of film
classification within the existing framework. This
could have been achieved by amending the "Note of
Guidance"
to include
а
provision
film
for
to use
classification and by requiring cinema-operators
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