“article” means any thing consisting of or containing material to be read or looked at or both read and looked at, any sound recording, and any film, video-tape, disc or other record of a picture or pictures;
“assisting officer” means any police officer or any member of the Customs and Excise Service assisting an authorized officer under section 34(2) in the execution of a warrant;
“authorized officer” means any person authorized by a warrant issued under section 34;
“classification” means a classification by a Tribunal under Part III and includes an interim classification and "classified" shall be construed accordingly;
“full hearing” means a full hearing of a Tribunal under section 15;
“interim classification” means an interim classification made by a Tribunal under section 14:
“juvenile” means a person under the age of 18 years;
“panel of adjudicators” means the panel of adjudicators established under section 5;
“presiding magistrate” means a magistrate appointed to preside under section 7;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court;
“Tribunal” means an Obscene Articles Tribunal appointed under section 6;
“warrant” 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” and “indecency” include violence, depravity and repulsiveness.
(4) [cf. 7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. 66, s. 1(2).]For the purposes of this Ordinance, a person publishes an article if he, whether or not for gain—
- (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.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4)—
- (a) [cf. 1964, c. 74, s. 2(1).]“article” includes anything which is intended to be used, either alone or as one of a set, for the purpose of manufacturing or reproducing an article; and
