ON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1991
WHAT ARE THE ACCEPTED
"AS SUCH, OUR PEERS WILL DETERMINE STANDARDS OF PROPRIETY IN OUR COMMUNITY AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
REPOSITORY OF
ALLOWING
ALL "BY REQUIRING THE TRIBUNAL TO MAINTAIN A
PARTIES CLASSIFIED MATERIALS FOR GENERAL REFERENCE, AND BY CONCERNED TO SEEK A FULL HEARING OF THE TRIBUNAL IN CASE OF SUSPECTED INCONSISTENCY, A LARGE MEASURE OF CONSISTENCY IS ASSURED,
THE 1991.
**
HE SAID.
BY
SEPTEMBER
A TOTAL OF 3,605 ARTICLES HAD BEEN EXAMINED AND CLASSIFIED TRIBUNAL IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS FROM SEPTEMBER 1987 TO
OF THESE, 582 WERE CLASSIFIED AS OBSCENE, 2,796 WERE FOUND BE INDECENT AND THE REMAINING 227 WERE FOUND TO BE NEITHER.
THE SECRETARY SAID ENFORCEMENT WAS DONE BY CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT AND THE TELEVISION LICENSING AUTHORITY (TELA).
ΤΟ
THE POLICE, THE AND ENTERTAINMENT
"INSPECTORS. FROM TELA KEEP CONSTANT VIGILANCE BY MAKING REGULAR AND OTHER INSPECTIONS OF BOOKSTORES, NEWSPAPER STANDS, VIDEO SHOPS OUTLETS.
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"IF ARTICLES LIKELY TO INFRINGE THE LAW ARE FOUND, THEY WILL BE
UP ACTION, REFERRED TO THE TRIBUNAL FOR CLASSIFICATION AND FOLLOW MR SO SAID.
A
FOR
ΤΟ THEM ΤΟ THE
HE SAID THE TELA WOULD NORMALLY IN THE FIRST INSTANCE ISSUE WARNING LETTER TO THE PUBLISHER, DISTRIBUTOR, AUTHOR OR SHOP OWNER DRAW THEIR ATTENTION TO THE PROVISION OF THE LAW AND REMIND TRIBUNAL LAID DOWN COMPLY
THE CONDITIONS PUBLICATION, DISPLAY AND SALE OF THE ARTICLE.
WITH
BY
THE
THE MATTER WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE POLICE FOR PROSECUTION THE ADVICE WAS NOT NEEDED, HE ADDED.
MR SO
SAID IN THE
FOUR
YEARS FROM
ARTICLES,
SEPTEMBER
IF
1987 TO
1,073
AUGUST 1991, POLICE AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE OFFICERS HAD SEIZED A TOTAL
RESULTING IN AND INDECENT OF 135,609 OBSCENE PROSECUTIONS, 938 CONVICTIONS WITH FINES RANGING FROM $300 TO AND IMPRISONMENT FROM ONE TO 18MONTHS.
$50,000
TO PLUG AN LEGISLATION
MR So SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WAS TAKING STEPS EXISTING LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW BY INTRODUCING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO BRING FILMS WHICH WERE INTENDED FOR SALE AND RENTING RATHER THAN FOR EXHIBITION TO BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONTROLS UNDER THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE.
AT PRESENT, FILMS AND VIDEO TAPES ALREADY CLASSIFIED UNDER FILM CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE (CAP. 392) DO NOT FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE (CAP. 390).
CLASSIFICATION
THE UNDER "BECAUSE THE STANDARDS OF CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE IS GENERALLY MORE RELAXED IN VIEW OF THE
OF CATEGORY III FILMS TO YOUNG RESTRICTIVE ACCESS
THE OF
FILM HIGHLY PEOPLE UNDER 18, IN A NUMBER OF OR HIRE AT
· THIS PARTICULAR LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW HAS RESULTED CATEGORY III FILMS BECOMING READILY AVAILABLE FOR SALE VIDEO SHOPS, MR SO SAID.
"
/THE AMENDMENT