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14 2008

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008

PART 10

Censorship of Films

Amendment of Censorship of Films Act 1923.

70 .— The Censorship of Films Act 1923 is amended—

(a) in section 5(2), by substituting “€2,000” for “£50” and by substituting “€200” for “£5”,

(b) in section 6(2), by substituting “€2,000” for “£50” and by substituting “€200” for “£5”, and

(c) in section 7, by substituting the following for subsections (2) and (3):

“(2) Whenever any such application as is mentioned in subsection (1) is made to the Director of Film Classification, the Director shall certify in the prescribed manner that the picture to which the application relates is fit for exhibition in public, unless the Director is of the opinion that such picture or some part thereof is unfit for general exhibition in public—

(a) by reason of it being—

(i) likely to cause harm to children, or

(ii) indecent, obscene or blasphemous,

or

(b) because the exhibition thereof in public—

(i) would tend to inculcate principles contrary to public morality, or

(ii) would be otherwise subversive of public morality.

(3) If the Director of Film Classification is of the opinion that any picture in respect of which an application is made to the Director under this section is not fit for general exhibition in public in certain places in the State or under special conditions or in the presence of certain classes of persons, the Director shall grant a certificate that such picture is fit for exhibition in public subject to such restrictions and conditions (which shall be expressed on the certificate) in regard to the places at which or the special conditions under which the picture may be exhibited or the classes of persons who may be admitted to an exhibition of the picture as is in the opinion of the Director are necessary to prevent the exhibition of the picture in public being likely—

(a) to cause harm to children, or

(b) to be subversive of public morality.”.

Change of name of Official Censor, etc.

71 .— (1) The office of Official Censor of Films shall, on and after the commencement of this section, be known, in English, as the Irish Film Classification Office and, in Irish, as Oifig Aicmithe Scannán na hÉireann and, accordingly, references (howsoever expressed) in any enactment to the office of the Official Censor of Films shall be read as references to the Irish Film Classification Office and the person appointed to the office of Official Censor of Films under that Act shall be known, in English, as the Director of Film Classification and, in Irish, as an Stiúrthóir Aicmithe Scannán.

(2) The Irish Film Classification Office may, on the commencement of this section, provide itself with a new seal.

(3) The Censorship of Films Appeal Board established by section 3 of the Censorship of Films Act 1923 shall, on and after the commencement of this section, be known, in English, as the Classification of Films Appeal Board and, in Irish, as an Bord Achomhairc um Aicmiú Scannán and, accordingly, references (howsoever expressed) in any enactment to the Censorship of Films Appeal Board shall be read as references to the Classification of Films Appeal Board.

(4) The persons heretofore known as Assistant Censors for the purposes of the Censorship of Films Act 1923 shall, on and after the commencement of this section, be known, in English, as Assistant Classifiers and, in Irish, as Aicmitheoirí Cúnta for those purposes.

(5) In this section, “enactment” means a statute or an instrument made under a power conferred by a statute.