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QUESTION NO. 13

Reply by the Hon. P.K. Y. Tsao, CPM, JP,

Secretary for Administrative Services and Information to a question by the

Hon. YEUNG Po-kwan, CPM in Legislative.

Council on 1 May 1985

Question: What measures does Government propose to take

to prevent shopkeepers from displaying explicit sexual paraphernalia?

Sir,

Action against the indecent display of sexual

artefacts can be taken under section 4(1) of the

Objectionable Publications Ordinance, Cap. 150, and the Police in the past have successfully prosecuted shopowners for such displays.

2.

However, legal advice is that unless the articles on display are visually obscene, indecent or revolting, the mere display or sale of functional articles would not in itself give rise to successful prosecutions.