s.19Penalties in relation to rating certificate
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Section 19Part 2 — FILM CONTROL BOARD AND PUBLIC FILM EXHIBITION RATING CERTIFICATE

Penalties in relation to rating certificate

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A person who —
wilfully makes a false or inaccurate representation to the Board;
publicly exhibits or attempts to publicly exhibit a film contrary to a prohibition specified under section 10(3);
publicly exhibits or attempts to publicly exhibit a film in contravention of a rating, condition or restriction contained in the rating certificate;
fails to visibly exhibit with the film and any advertisement associated with the film, the ascribed rating for the duration of its exhibition; or
publicly exhibits a film in contravention of a decision by the Board,
is liable to a penalty of two thousand dollars or such other amount as may be prescribed and a further penalty of one hundred dollars for each day that such breach continues after the date of its proof.
A person who wishes to contest a penalty imposed pursuant to subsection (1) may, within twenty-one days of its imposition, appeal to the Appeals Tribunal.
The Appeals Tribunal may confirm or vary the decision of the Board or make such other decision on the appeal as seem to it to be expedient.
A person aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals Tribunal under subsection (3) may, within twenty-one days of the date on which notice of the written reasons for the decision was received, appeal to the court against the decision.

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