Advertisements and X 18+ films
53E Advertisements and X 18+ films
A person commits an offence if—
an advertisement for a film classified R 18+ is published in a publication; and
someone responds to the advertisement; and
the person sells a film classified X 18+ to the other person.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
A person commits an offence if—
the person publishes an advertisement for a film classified X 18+; and
the advertisement explicitly depicts or describes sexual acts or fetishes.
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
For subsection (2), if a person publishes an advertisement at the request of someone else, the other person alone is taken to have published it.
An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
Subsection (2) does not apply if—
the advertisement is in a publication that is classified category 2 restricted; and
the publication is contained in a sealed package made of plain opaque material displaying the words ‘WARNING: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ADVERTISING’, or words to that effect, on the outside of the package; and
the package is contained in another sealed package made of plain opaque material.
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