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Legislation

Provision

CONFIDENTIAL

5.

Review

Conclusions and recommendations

Section 33

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Section 33 should be deleted.

There

material to be submitted

to the BA on demand

should be no censorship of television

programmes.

Section 35

P

the BA's power to prohibit

programmes.

Control should be exercised after a

programme has been broadcast. No

programmes should be censored or banned.

We consider there should be

reserve powers for the

Government to prevent the

broadcast of certain programmes

and to impose penalties in cases

of contravention by the

licensees.

Section 33 and 35 would be

repealed.

We have put forward proposals to

amend the sections to enable the

Government to seek a court order

to prevent the broadcaster from

showing a programme which is

likely to incite hatred, provoke

defiance of law and order, or to

gravely damage public health and

morals. If the broadcaster

disobeys the order, the

sanctions would be those for

disobeying the court order.

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