(7) Any person who knowingly and without the prior written approval of the Board exhibits
in public during the same screening session, or distributes on the same cassette or disc of a film or
game, a trailer advertising a film or a game with a more restrictive classification than the featured
film or game, shall be guilty of an offence and liable, upon conviction, to a fine or to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding six months or to both a fine and such imprisonment.
[S. 24A inserted by s. 29 of Act No. 3 of 2009.]
24B. Prohibition, offences and penalties on possession of films, games and
publications.—(1) Any person who—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
unlawfully possesses;
creates, produces or in any way contributes to, or assists in the creation or
production of;
imports or in any way takes steps to procure, obtain or access or in any way
knowingly assists in, or facilitates the importation, procurement, obtaining or
accessing of; or
knowingly makes available, exports, broadcasts or in any way distributes or causes
to be made available, exported, broadcast or distributed or assists in making
available, exporting, broadcasting or distributing, any film, game or publication
which contains depictions, descriptions or scenes of child pornography or which
advocates, advertises, encourages or promotes child pornography or the sexual
exploitation of children,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who, having knowledge of the commission of any offence under subsection
(1) or having reason to suspect that such an offence has been or is being committed and fails to—
(a)
(b)
report such knowledge or suspicion as soon as possible to a police official of the
South African Police Service; and
furnish, at the request of the South African Police Service, all particulars of such
knowledge or suspicion,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who processes, facilitates or attempts to process or facilitate a financial
transaction, knowing that such transaction will facilitate access to, or the distribution or possession
of, child pornography, shall be guilty of an offence.
[S. 24B inserted by s. 29 of Act No. 3 of 2009.]
24C. Obligations of internet access and service providers.—(1) For the purposes of
this section, unless the context otherwise indicates—
(a)
(b)
(c)
“child-oriented service” means a contact service and includes a content service
which is specifically targeted at children;
“contact service” means any service intended to enable people previously
unacquainted with each other to make initial contact and to communicate with each
other;
“content” means any sound, text, still picture, moving picture, other audio visual
representation or sensory representation and includes any combination of the