473.4
In forceDetermining whether material is offensive
ScheduleThe Criminal Code
Volume 3sch (s 400.1-490.7, Dictionary), Endnotes
Chapter 10National infrastructure
Part 10.6Telecommunications Services
Division 473Preliminary
473.4 Determining whether material is offensive
The matters to be taken into account in deciding for the purposes of this Part whether reasonable persons would regard particular material, or a particular use of a carriage service, as being, in all the circumstances, offensive, include:
(a)
the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults; and
(b)
the literary, artistic or educational merit (if any) of the material; and
(c)
the general character of the material (including whether it is of a medical, legal or scientific character).
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