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Classification of Publication (Censorship) (Amendment) Act 2016

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Classification of Publication (Censorship) (Amendment) Act 2016.

No. 10 of 2016.

Certified on: 13 DEC 2016

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Application for registration of premises (Amendment of Section 28).
2. Change of publication premises (Amendment of Section 31).
3. Consideration of declared publication for classification (Amendment of Section 38).
4. Application for review of decision (Amendment of Section 40).
5. Application for classification of a film (Amendment of Section 45).
6. Applications, etc., for classification of advertising matter (Amendment of Section 46).
7. Application for review of classification (Amendment of Section 57).
8. Regulations (Amendment of Section 82).
9. Continuance of former acts, etc.

An Act

entitled

Classification of Publication (Censorship) (Amendment) Act 2016,

Being an Act to amend the Classification of Publication (Censorship) Act 1989 to remove powers to impose fees and charges, and for related purposes,

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.

1. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF PREMISES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 28).

Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (2), Paragraph (c), by deleting the word "prescribed".

2. CHANGE OF PUBLICATION PREMISES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 31).

Section 31of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (2), Paragraph (c), by deleting the word "prescribed".

3. CONSIDERATION OF DECLARED PUBLICATION FOR CLASSIFICATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 38).

Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (2), Paragraph (c), Subparagraph (i), by deleting the word "prescribed".

4. APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF DECISION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 40).

Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (3), Paragraph (c), by deleting the word "prescribed".

5. APPLICATION FOR CLASSIFICATION OF A FILM (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 45).

Section 45 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (2), Paragraph (c), Subparagraph (i), by deleting the word "prescribed".

6. APPLICATIONS, ETC., FOR CLASSIFICATION OF ADVERTISING MATTER (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 46).

Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (2), Paragraph (c), Subparagraph (i), by deleting the word "prescribed".

7. APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF CLASSIFICATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 57).

Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (3), Paragraph (c), by deleting the word "prescribed".

8. REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 82).

Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Paragraph (d)

9. CONTINUANCE OF FORMER ACTS, ETC.

All acts, matters or things done or suffered or deemed to have been done or suffered or taken, or procedural steps taken under or for the purposes of the Principal Act and having effect immediately before the coming into operation of this Act, shall, after that coming into operation, continue in full force and effect until those acts, matters, things or procedural steps are otherwise replaced.

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Classification of Publication (Censorship) (Amendment) Act 2016 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Acting Clerk of the National Parliament.
13 DEC 2016

I hereby certify that the Classification of Publication (Censorship) (Amendment) Act 2016 was made by the National Parliament on 11 August 2016.
went.

Acting Speaker of the National Parliament
13 DEC 2016