Bill 234 — The Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 234 the Adult Publication Act (Legislature 18, Session 2)

L18 S2 5693

Alberta — Bills

1976 Bill THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL THE ADULT PUBLICATION ACT MR. LITTLE First Reading .............................. . Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by the Queen'l Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill 234- Mr. Little BILL THE ADULT PUBLICATION ACT (Assented to , 1976) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1..

In this Act (a) "adult pUblication" means a publication classified as such by the Board; (b) "adult publication store" means a store which has received a licence from a municipality pursuant to the Municipal Government Act to sell adult publi cations; (c) "Board" means the Publication Classification Board established herein; (d) "publication" means any written matter, picture, model, phonograph record, tape, film or other thing whatsoever, but shall not include a film that has been approved by a Board of Censors pursuant to The Amusements Act. 20

(1) There is hereby established the Publication Classi fication Board which shall consist of .members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council in such number as he shall deem appropriate.

(2) The Board may make bylaws governing its own internal proceedings. 3.

(1) The Board shall classify every publication to be offered for sale in the Province as being (

a) a general publication, being a publication upon which there are no restrictions as to the mode of sale, or (

b) an adult publication, 'being a publication which may only be sold on the conditions specified in ,this Act.

(2) The Board shall classify as an adult publication any publication that it deems to be unsuitable to be viewed or heard by minors on the basis of undue exploitation of sex, crime, horror or violence. 4. No publication may be offered for sale in the Province unless it has been classified by the Board. 5.

(1) The Board may classify publications by specific orde~s relating to one publication or by general orders relatIng to several publications or a class of pUblications.

(2) A general order may cover future issues of a publica tion that is published periodically. G.

(1) For the purposes of this se'ction (

a) a solicitation of a sale by mail or by telephone shall be deemed to be an offering for sale, and (

b) a delivery of a publication by mail shall be deemed to be a sale, and (

c) a gift, exchange or barter shall be deemed to be a sale.

(2) Every person who sells or offers for sale an adult publication (

a) to a minor, or (

b) other than throuwh an adult publiC'ation store is guilty of an offence.

(3) Any person who acts as an agent for a minor or for a seller in a transaction whereby an adult publication is sold to a minor is guilty of an offence.

(4) Any person being the owner, occupier or employee of an adult publication store who permits any person who actually or apparently is a minor to enter an adult publica tion store is guilty of an offence.

(5) Any person who causes or permits any adult publica tion to be displayed to or heard by the public other than from within an adult publication store, or displayed to or heard by a minor in a public place, is guilty of an offence.

(6) Any person Who commits an offence pursuant to sub sections (2), (3), (4) or (5) is liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $1,000 for the first offence and a fine of not more than $2,000 or to not more than six months imprisonment for a second or subsequent offence.

(7) Any minor who for any purpose enters an adult pub lication store or who produces any forgery with the intent to gain entry to an adult publication store .is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $100. 7. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2 Title: 1976 (18th, 2nd) Bill 234, The Adult Publication Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L18 S2 5693
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L18 S2 5693
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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