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establishes the panel of censors.

Clause 5 provides that

the Authority may appoint from the panel of censors such

censors as may be necessary for the purposes of the Bill.

Clause 6 establishes the panel of advisers.

4. Part III comprises clause 7, which makes it an

offence, punishable by a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment

for 1 year, to exhibit a film which has not been issued a

certificate of exemption under clause 9 nor a certificate

of approval under clause 13.

5. Part IV comprises clauses 8 to 11 and provides

for the censorship of films.

6. Clause 8 requires all films intended for

exhibition to be submitted to the Authority and provides

for the manner in which such submission shall be made.

7. Clause 9 empowers the Authority to exempt a film

from being dealt with under clause 10 if he is of the

opinion that it is of a class or description of film

prescribed as suitable for such exemption. Thus an

exempted film does not have to be submitted to a censor to

undergo the complete censorship procedure set out in

clauses 10, 12 and 13.

8.

Clause 10(1) requires the Authority to assign a

censor in respect of a film which is not dealt with under

clause 9. The Authority may also assign not less than 2

advisers in respect of the film. The censor assigned in

respect of a film is required to consider the matters

referred to in clause 10(2), and to take into account the

matters referred to in clause 10(3), for the purpose of