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Obscene Publications Act 1964

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 4 Cited in Amendments 7 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
(1) In section 2(1) of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 (under which it is an offence punishable on summary conviction or an indictment to publish an obscene article, whether for gain or not) after the words “any person who, whether for gain or not, publishes an obscene article” there shall be inserted the words “or who has an obscene article for publication for gain (whether gain to himself or another) ”.(2) For the purpose of any proceedings for an offence against the said section 2 a person shall be deemed to have an article for publication for gain if with a view to such publication he has the article in his ownership, possession or control.he shall not be convicted of that offence if he proves that he had not examined the article and had no reasonable cause to suspect that it was such that his having it would make him liable to be convicted of an offence against that section; andthe question whether the article is obscene shall be determined by reference to such publication for gain of the article as in the circumstances it may reasonably be inferred he had in contemplation and to any further publication that could reasonably be expected to follow from it, but not to any other publication.

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