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

(a)

four or more consecutive editions of any
publication which is published periodically
have, under subsection (1) of section fourteen, been declared by the Board to be undesirable; and
(b) every subsequent edition of that publication
is, in the opinion of the Board, likely to be
undesirable;
the Board may declare all editions of that publication subsequent to the date of the declaration to be
undesirable.
(2) Before making any declaration under subsection (1) the Board shall give notice in the Gazette—
(a) stating that it is proposed to make such
declaration; and
(b) specifying the publication concerned; and
(c) calling upon any person who has any objection to the proposal to submit his objection in
writing to the Board within the period of
twenty-one days next following the date of
publication of the notice in the Gazette.
(3) The Board shall consider every objection
submitted under subsection (2) and may afford any
person who has lodged any objection under that
subsection an opportunity to appear before and to
be heard by the Board in support of his objection.
(4) When the Board has made a declaration under subsection (1)—
(a) it shall, without delay, cause such declaration
to be made known by notice published in the
Gazette; and
(b) it may direct the secretary of the Board to
notify such person or classes of persons, as
the Board thinks fit, of the declaration.
(5) The Board shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee and upon the application in writing of
any person made after a period of twelve months
has elapsed since the date of a declaration under
subsection (1), review its decision relating to the
declaration and for such purposes may afford the
applicant an opportunity to appear before and to be
heard by the Board in support of his application.
(6) Upon a review under subsection (5) the
Board may—
(a) confirm the declaration;
(b) declare that specified editions of the publication which are subject to the declaration shall
no longer be subject thereto;
(c) revoke the declaration from a date to be
specified by the Board.

(7) Whenever the Board makes a declaration
under paragraph (b) or revokes a declaration under
paragraph (c) of subsection (6) it shall, without
delay, cause such decision to be made known by
notice published in the Gazette and, if any person
has been notified in terms of subsection (4) of the
declaration relating to the publication concerned, it
shall cause the secretary of the Board to notify the
person concerned of such decision.
(8) Any publication imported after the Board
has, under subsection (1), declared it to be undesirable shall be liable to forfeiture and shall be disposed of as the Board may direct.
PART V
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS

16 Prohibition of public entertainments
unless approved
(1) Subject to this section, no person shall perform in or give or permit the giving of any public
entertainment unless such public entertainment has
been approved by the Board.
(2) The Board may, in its discretion and on such
conditions as it may think fit, exempt from subsection (1) any particular public entertainment or any
class of public entertainments, or any public
entertainment intended for performance before any
class of persons or under any particular circumstances, and it may at any time withdraw any
exemption granted under this subsection.
(3) When the Board approves of any public entertainment it shall signify such approval by means
of a certificate given in the form and manner
prescribed:
Provided that the Board may in its discretion
give such certificate in respect of any public
entertainment without requiring such public entertainment to be submitted to it for approval.
(4) There shall be paid for every certificate given by the Board such fees as are prescribed.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Board may
approve or reject any public entertainment unconditionally or approve it subject to the condition that
it shall not be exhibited or given—
(a) to persons of a specified age; or
(b) except after any specified portions have been
omitted therefrom; or
(c) except on such conditions as to the nature or
content of the entertainment or the time,
place or manner of the exhibition or giving
thereof as the Board may impose; or
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