- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (01/04/1996)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
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(1)Subject to subsection (4) below, any person who displays any obscene material in any public place or in any other place where it can be seen by the public shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(2)Subject to subsection (4) below, any person who publishes, sells or distributes or, with a view to its eventual sale or distribution, makes, prints, has or keeps any obscene material shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
[F1(2A)Subject to subsection (4) below, any person who—
(a)is responsible for the inclusion of any obscene material in a programme included in a programme service; or
(b)with a view to its eventual inclusion in a programme so included, makes, prints, has or keeps any obscene material,
shall be guilty of an offence under this section.]
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding [F26 months]or to both or, on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding [F23 years]or to both.
(4)A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section if he proves that he had used all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.
(5)Under an indictment for or on a complaint of a breach of subsection (1) above, the court may, if satisfied that the person accused is guilty of an offence under section 1(1) of the M1Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 (offence of public display of indecent matter), convict him of a breach of the said section 1(1).
(6)Nothing in this section applies in relation to any matter—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(b)included in a performance of a play (within the meaning of the M2Theatres Act 1968).
(7)For section 5(4)(b) of the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 (saving) there shall be substituted the following—
“(b)section 51 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.”
(8)In this section—
“material” includes any book, magazine, bill, paper, print, film, tape, disc or other kind of recording (whether of sound or visual images or both), photograph, drawing, painting, representation, model or figure . . . F4;
“photograph” includes the negative as well as the positive version;
“public place” has the same meaning as in section 133 of this Act except that it includes any place to which at the material time the public are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;
“prescribed sum” has the same meaning as in [F5section 225(8) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995];
[F6 “programme” and “programme service” have the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Act 1990;]
and the reference to publishing includes a reference to . . . F7 playing, projecting or otherwise reproducing [F8, or, where the material is data stored electronically, transmitting that data].
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 51(3) substituted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 8; S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1)
F3S. 51(6)(a) repealed by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), ss. 163(3), 203(3), Sch. 21 (with ss. 4(6), 87(6), Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 1)
F4Words added by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 26(b) and repealed by Broacasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), ss. 163(4)(a), 203(3), Sch. 21 (with ss. 4(6), 87(6), Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 1)
F5S. 51(8): words in definition of
“prescribed sum”
substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 44(2)
F6Definitions inserted by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), ss. 4(6), 87(6), 163(4)(b)
F7Word inserted by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 26(c) and repealed by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), ss. 163(4)(c), 203(3), Sch. 21 (with ss. 4(6), 87(6), Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 1)
F8Words in s. 51(8) inserted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 20; S.I. 1995/127, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss. 16, 18(11), 51(7) and 52(6) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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