Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

124 Offences involving knowledge in relation to objectionable publications

• (1) Every person commits an offence against this Act who does any act mentioned in section 123(1), knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the publication is objectionable.

  (2) Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable,—

  • (a) in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years:

  • (b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $200,000.

  Compare: 1963 No 22 s 22(1)(a), (2); 1987 No 85 s 52(1)(a), (2)

  Section 124(2): substituted, on 22 February 2005, by section 27 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 2).