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Section 293 — Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

Amendments
Section 293 — Original text to 31 December 2021superseded
293.Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person

Whoever sells, lets to hire, distributes, exhibits or circulates to any person under the age of 2021 years any such obscene object as is referred to in section 292, or offers or attempts to do so, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 monthsone year, or with fine, or with both.

Section 293 — From 31 December 2021 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
293.Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person

Whoever sells, lets to hire, distributes, exhibits or circulates to any person below 21 years of age any such obscene object as is referred to in section 292obscene object as defined in section 292(2), or offers or attempts to do so, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.