Prostitution Reform Act 2003 No 28 (as at 01 October 2008), Public Act

11 Restrictions on advertising commercial sexual services
  • (1) Advertisements for commercial sexual services may not be—

    • (a) broadcast on radio or television; or

    • (b) published in a newspaper or periodical, except in the classified advertisements section of the newspaper or periodical; or

    • (c) screened at a public cinema.

    (2) A person who does any of the things described in subsection (1), or who authorises any of the things described in that subsection to be done, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to,—

    • (a) in the case of a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $50,000; and

    • (b) in any other case, a fine not exceeding $10,000.

    (3) In this section, advertisement means any words, or any pictorial or other representation, used to notify the availability of, or promote the sale of, commercial sexual services, either generally or specifically.