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Criminal Code Act 1983
125CPublishing indecent articles
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125C Publishing indecent articles
(a) the person intentionally publishes an article; and
(b) the article is indecent and the person is reckless in relation to
that circumstance.
(a) for an individual – imprisonment for 2 years; or
(b) for a body corporate – 175 penalty units.
(a) published the indecent article for the purposes of an
application for classification under the Commonwealth Act; or
(b) is a member or officer of a law enforcement agency and
published the indecent article in the exercise of a power
conferred, or performance of a function imposed, on the
member or officer by or under an Act or law.
(3) For this section, an article may be indecent even if part of it is not
indecent.