Section 157Part 5 — Offences Injurious to the Public in General
Obscene publications
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157. (1) A person who —
for the purpose of or by way of trade or for the purpose of distribution or public exhibition, makes, produces or has in that person’s possession any one or more obscene writings, drawings, prints, paintings, printed matter, pictures, posters, emblems, photographs, cinematograph films, discs, tapes or other obscene objects or any other object tending to corrupt morals;
for any of the purposes above-mentioned imports, conveys or exports, or causes to be imported, conveyed or exported any such matters or things or in any manner whatsoever puts any of them in circulation;
carries on or takes part in any business, whether public or private, concerned with any such matters or things, or deals in any such matters or things in any manner whatsoever, or distributes any of them publicly, or makes a business of lending them;
advertises or makes known by any means whatsoever with a view to assisting the circulation of, or traffic in, any such matters or things, that a person is engaged in any of the acts referred to in this section, or advertises or makes known how, or from whom any such matters or things can be procured either directly or indirectly; or
publicly exhibits any indecent show or performance or any show or performance tending to corrupt morals, commits an offence and is liable to a fine of two hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.
A court may, on the application of the Commissioner order the destruction of any obscene matter or thing to which this section relates, whether or not any person may have been convicted under this section in respect of such obscene matter or thing.