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(b) Proceed with the Bill in its present form but include a
power to ban films on political grounds.
(c) Proceed with the Bill in its present form but delete
sub-clause 9 (2). This would leave the censors with an
unfettered power to censor any film they considered to
be 'likely to be harmful to the public good' whatever the grounds including political grounds.
(d)
(e)
Proceed with the Bill in its present form but reduce the Clause 9 criteria only to sex and violence (and,
perhaps, political grounds).
To proceed with a Bill for the classification scheme proposal only and to provide a power in that Bill
enabling the Government to make regulations for film
censorship. This then could then be followed by
regulations establishing a film censorship system with
or without guidelines.
(£) To amend Cap. 172 so that regulations in the current
form of the Regulations (i.e. without stated
principles) could then be "re-made". This would be just as controversial as proceeding with option (c).
(g) Not to amend Cap. 172 but to "re-make" the current
Regulations in a valid form (i.e. by specifying principles for censorship) The only merit in this option is that possibly, if the Regulations were
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re-made and that process went unnoticed, the
controversy might be avoided. This is unlikely however and, once-discoverady the Government. would have to.
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