CENSORSHIP AND ENTERTAINMENTS CONTROL ACT (updated 1st May 2004)

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any person in the course of his business as a
distributor or exhibitor of films; or
(c) any person or class of persons exempted from
that paragraph by the chairman of the Board;
without the film having been approved by the
Board.
(3) The Board may, subject to such conditions as
it thinks fit, exempt from subsection (1)—
(a) any film or film advertisement or any class of
films or film advertisements; and
(b) any person or class of persons;
and may at any time amend or withdraw any such
exemption.
(4) The Board shall cause notice of any exemption in terms of subsection (3), and of any amendment or withdrawal thereof, to be published in the
Gazette.
10 Powers of Board in respect of films
(1) The Board shall have power to examine any
film or film advertisement and—
(a) subject to subsection (2), to approve the film
or film advertisement either unconditionally
or subject to
any one or
more of the conditions set out in subsection
(3); or
(b) to reject the film or film advertisement; or
(c) in accordance with section twelve, to declare
the film to be prohibited.
(2) The Board shall not approve any film or film
advertisement which in its opinion—
(a) depicts any matter that is indecent or obscene
or is offensive or harmful to public morals; or
(b) is likely to be contrary to the interests of
defence, public safety, public order, the economic interests of the State or public health;
or
(c) depicts any matter in a manner that is indecent or obscene or is offensive or harmful to
public morals.
(3) In approving any film or film advertisement,
the Board may impose one or more of the following conditions—
(a) in the case of a film intended to be televised,
that it shall not be televised except—
(i) between such hours as may be specified;
(ii) after notices, indicating that the film is
considered unsuitable for viewing by
persons of such class as may be specified, have been televised at such times
and after such intervals as may be specified;
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(iii) after any specified portion has been
excised therefrom;
(b) in the case of a film other than a film referred
to in paragraph (a) or in the case of a film advertisement, that it shall not be distributed,
exhibited or published, as the case may be—
(i) to persons of a specified age or sex;
(ii) except after any specified portion has
been excised therefrom;
(c) any other condition designed to ensure that
the film or film advertisement is not distributed, exhibited or published, as the case may
be, to any person or class or persons.
(4) If the Board is satisfied that any film or film
advertisement has been approved for exhibition or
publication, as the case may be, by a board of
censors of another country, the Board may without
examining such film or film advertisement exercise
in relation thereto any of the powers conferred
upon the Board by this section.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), no person shall—
(a) where the Board has approved a film or film
advertisement subject to the excision of any
portion therefrom, exhibit or televise such
film or publish such film advertisement after
the excision of such portion therefrom unless
the film or film advertisement has thereafter
been submitted to the Board for further examination:
Provided that the Board may authorize the
exhibition or televising of the film or publication of the film advertisement without further
examination; or
(b) without the approval of the Board, distribute,
televise or exhibit any film or publish any
film advertisement which, after having been
approved by the Board, has been in any way
altered or modified; or
(c) contravene any condition imposed by the
Board in terms of subsection (3):
Provided that no condition imposed in
relation to a film in terms of subparagraph (i)
of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) shall be
contravened in respect of a person who—
(i) is required to be present at the exhibition
of such film in the course of his employment; or
(ii) sees such film while he is outside the
place to which persons are admitted for
the purpose of witnessing the exhibition
of such film; or

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