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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991
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"AS A RESULT OF THE LOOPHOLE, SOME FILMS WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FILM CENSORSHIP AUTHORITY FOR EXHIBITION ONLY TO
BECOME EASILY PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS
AVAILABLE TO YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THE FORM OF VIDEOTAPES OR LASER DISCS, HE SAID.
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"THIS DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE EXISTING LEGISLATION WHICH AIMS TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE AGAINST THE
OF INDECENT ARTICLES WHILST STILL ALLOWING ADULTS THEM.
CORRUPTING INFLUENCE
THE RIGHT TO
OBTAIN
FILM ONCE
MR SO SAID THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MEANT THAT IN FUTURE, A
OR BRING PUBLISHED IN THE FORM OF A VIDEOTAPE
A LASER DISC, CLASSIFIED BY THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL AS INDECENT, COULD ONLY BE
18 YEARS SOLD OR HIRED TO A PERSON OVER THE AGE OF
AND A WARNING NOTICE TO THAT EFFECT MUST BE DISPLAYED ON THE ARTICLE IN QUESTION.
"THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL MAY ALSO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS REMOVING CERTAIN SCENES FROM THE FILM.
"A
CLASSIFIED FILM PUBLICATION,' HE SAID.
AS OBSCENE WILL BE
PROHIBITED
FROM
CLEAR HIRED,
ALSO THE SECRETARY ADDED THAT THE BILL
SOUGHT то AMEND THE WORDING OF THE WARNING NOTICE ON AN INDECENT ARTICLE TO MAKE IT
BE THAT THE ARTICLE MAY NOT
DISTRIBUTED,
SOLD, CIRCULATED, GIVEN, LENT, SHOWN, PLAYED OR PROJECTED TO A PERSON UNDER THE 18 YEARS.
AGE OF
THERE ARE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT
400 CATEGORY
FILMS III CIRCULATION IN THE FORM OF VIDEOTAPES OR LASER DISCS ON THE MARKET.
PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS ARE URGED TO SUBMIT THESE TAPES DISCS TO THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL FOR CLASSIFICATION.
IN
OR
WOULD COME INTO GIVE THE TRIBUNAL
THE SECRETARY SAID THE AMENDMENT LEGISLATION
MONTHS AFTER ITS
ΤΟ ENACTMENT EFFECT THREE SUFFICIENT TIME TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE WARNING NOTICE WILL
IMMEDIATELY UPON ENACTMENT OF THE BILL.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURED.
TAKE EFFECT
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