Commonwealth legislation

Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations (Repeal)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

177 of 1967

Collection

legislative instrument

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This regulation repeals the long-standing Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations — ending customs’ power to ban, seize or censor books and other literature at Australia’s border. It directly affects readers, booksellers, publishers and customs officers by allowing previously blockable titles to be imported. The change marks a move away from state-led literary censorship toward greater freedom of expression.

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Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations (Repeal)

STATUTORY RULES

1967 No. 177.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1967.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1967.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of December, 1967.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) KEN ANDERSON

Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

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Repeal of the Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of January 1968.

Repeal.

2. The Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1937, No. 72, as amended by Statutory Rules 1949, No. 75; 1956, No. 92; 1960, No. 50; 1962, No. 83; 1963, No. 72; and 1965, No. 98) are repealed.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1967.

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra

17122/67—Price 5c 10/ 14.12.1967

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