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Film
Clauses 20 and 21 stipulate that all advertising materials of a film must be approved by the Censorship Authority subject to conditions.
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Clauses 22 to 26 concern the exhibition of films. Clause 22 provides that a person issued with a certificate of approval
shall forward every such certificate to each place of
of exhibition of the film. Clause 23 makes it an offence for any exhibitor to exhibit
any film which does not have a certificate of approval such certificate being required to be displayed conspicuously outside the place of exhibition. Under clause 24, it shall also be an offence for any person in relation to any film to publish or display any advertising material which has not been approved under clause 20 or exempted under Clause 21 by the Film Censorship Authority or which does not set out the approved classification of the film. Clauses 25 and 26 empower the Film Censorship Authority to recall a film for which approval has been granted for re-examination. If the request is not met or if any footage or soundtrack is added to or excised from the film the approval shall be deemed to be cancelled.
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Clauses 27 to 29 specify appeals. A film distributor aggrieved by a decision of a censor ΟΙ the Film Censorship Authority may appeal to a board of review comprising the Secretary for Administrative Services and Information as the ex officio chairman and six other persons as may from time to time be appointed by the Governor. This differs from the present provision where the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing is the ex officio Chairman. It is considered that the present provision places the Commissioner in the invidious position of upholding his own
own staff's decision in a different setting. This is undesirable. Clause 28 lays down the appeal procedures and empowers the Authority to charge fees for appeals submitted. Clause 29 enables any person who upon moral, religious, educational or other grounds is aggrieved by the exhibition of a film to write to the Chief Secretary to request that the film be reviewed by the review board.
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Clauses 30 to 33 provide for enforcement and miscellaneous matters. Clause 30 puts the onus of preventing persons under the age of 18 from viewing Category III films on the exhibitor and prescribes penalties. It shall, however, be a defence for the exhibitor to show that he took all reasonable precautions to prevent the exhibition of the film to persons under
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