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Classification of Films Act 1991
sec.25CPerson may be required to leave theatre
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### sec.25C Person may be required to leave theatre
An exhibitor or an exhibitor’s employee or agent (the refuser ) may refuse to admit a person to a theatre, or may require a person to leave a theatre, if the refuser believes on reasonable grounds—
that the exhibitor would commit an offence if the exhibitor allowed the person to be, or to continue to be, present in the theatre; or
that the person has committed an offence against section 25B .
A person must not—
enter, or attempt to enter, a theatre after being refused entry under subsection (1) ; or
fail to leave a theatre after being required to leave under subsection (1) .
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
s 25C sub 1993 No. 15 s 9
(sec.25C-ssec.1) An exhibitor or an exhibitor’s employee or agent (the refuser ) may refuse to admit a person to a theatre, or may require a person to leave a theatre, if the refuser believes on reasonable grounds— that the exhibitor would commit an offence if the exhibitor allowed the person to be, or to continue to be, present in the theatre; or that the person has committed an offence against section 25B .
(sec.25C-ssec.2) A person must not— enter, or attempt to enter, a theatre after being refused entry under subsection (1) ; or fail to leave a theatre after being required to leave under subsection (1) . Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
- (a) that the exhibitor would commit an offence if the exhibitor allowed the person to be, or to continue to be, present in the theatre; or
- (b) that the person has committed an offence against section 25B .
- (a) enter, or attempt to enter, a theatre after being refused entry under subsection (1) ; or
- (b) fail to leave a theatre after being required to leave under subsection (1) .