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making of regulations.

Clause 30 provides that the

Secretary for Administrative Services and Information may

issue guidelines for censors indicating the manner in which

it is proposed that censors exercise their functions under

the Bill. Clause 31 provides that no liability shall be

incurred by any public officer in the bona fide exercise or

purported exercise of any of his functions under the Bill.

The essential effect

20. Clause 32 is transitional.

of the clause is that where before the commencement of the

Bill any film or advertising material has been submitted or

otherwise dealt with under the various regulations made

under the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (Cap.

172) dealing with film censorship then such film or

advertising material shall be subject to the provisions of

the Film Censorship Regulations 1987 (L.N. 154/87) as in

force immediately before its revocation under clause 33(2).

However, any such film may be submitted under the Bill to

be dealt with anew. It should be noted that, unlike the

Film Censorship Regulations 1987, the Bill contains no

provisions requiring submission of advertising material.

Such material will, however, be subject to the provisions

of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance

(9 of 1987), except any such material which has been

approved for publication or exhibition under the revoked

regulations within the meaning of clause 32(3). (See the

amendment made to that Ordinance by clause 33(4)(a)).

21. Clause 33 makes consequential amendments to the

Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (Cap. 172), the