12. Offences involving objectionable publications

Terms defined in s 2

• objectionable

  objectionable

  Defined · s 2

  “objectionable” and “obscene” have the meanings given to them by sections 4 and 3, respectively;

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• prohibited publication

  prohibited publication

  Defined · s 2

  “prohibited publication” means any publication the importation, sale or circulation of which has been prohibited under section 5;

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• publication

  publication

  Defined · s 2

  “publication” means any of the following other than a film:(a)any book, magazine or periodical, whether in manuscript or final form;(b)any sound recording;(c)any picture or drawing, whether made by computer graphics or otherwise howsoever;(d)any photograph, photographic negative, photographic plate or photographic slide;(e)any paper, model, sculpture, tape, disc, article or thing —(i)that has printed or impressed upon it any word, statement, sign or representation; or(ii)on which is recorded or stored for immediate or future retrieval any information that, by the use of any computer or other electronic device, is capable of being reproduced or shown as any picture, photograph, word, statement, sign or representation,and includes a copy of any publication;

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• supply

  supply

  Defined · s 2

  “supply”, in relation to a publication, includes —(a)supply not only in its physical form but also by means of the electronic transmission of the contents of the publication;(b)supply by way of hire, exchange or loan; or(c)in the case of a publication comprising a tape, disc, article or thing on which is recorded or stored any information for immediate or future retrieval by the use of any computer or other electronic device, transferring or reproducing or enabling another to transfer or reproduce by electronic transmission the whole or part of the contents of the publication onto another such tape, disc, article or thing for immediate or future retrieval.

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