Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance Part I 1-6 Section 2 Cap. 390 presiding magistrate (主審裁判官) means a magistrate appointed to preside under section 7; Registrar (司法常務官) means the Registrar of the High Court; (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2) Tribunal (審裁處) means an Obscene Articles Tribunal appointed under section 6; warrant (手令) means a warrant issued under section 34(1). (2) For the purposes of this Ordinance— (a) a thing is obscene if by reason of obscenity it is not suitable to be published to any person; and (b) a thing is indecent if by reason of indecency it is not suitable to be published to a juvenile. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), obscenity (淫褻) and indecency (不雅) include violence, depravity and repulsiveness. (4) For the purposes of this Ordinance, other than section 24(1E) and (1F), a person publishes an article if he, whether or not for gain—  (Amended 73 of 1995 s. 2) (a) distributes, circulates, sells, hires, gives or lends the article to the public or a section of the public; (b) in the case of an article— (i) consisting of or containing material to be looked at; or (ii) that is a sound recording or a film, video-tape, disc or other record of a picture or pictures, shows, plays or projects that article to or for the public or a section of the public. [cf. 1959 c. 66 s. 1(2) U.K.] (5) For the purposes of subsection (4)— Verified Copy Last updated date 20.9.2018