Hong Kong Ordinances

CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE - SECT 14

Interim classification

(1) Subject to section 17(2), where an article is submitted under section 13 a
Tribunal shall-

   (a)  consider it in private and without the attendance of the applicant or
        any other person and, within 5 days of that submission, make an
        interim classification in respect of that article; or

   (b)  subject to subsection (2), if at the expiry of the period mentioned in
        paragraph (a) it has not made an interim assessment, consider that
        application as if it were a requirement for a full hearing under
        section 15.

(2) The presiding magistrate may, at any time during the period mentioned in
subsection (1)(a), extend that period by any period not exceeding 5 days and
shall give notice of that extension to the applicant.

(3) Subject to section 7(3), a Tribunal- (Amended 73 of 1995 s. 4)

   (a)  shall not be required to give any reasons for any interim 
        classification; (Added 73 of 1995 s. 4)

   (b)  may give guidance to the applicant in relation to the article
        submitted; and (Added 73 of 1995 s. 4)

   (c)  shall identify the part of the article which causes the obscenity or
        indecency. (Added 73 of 1995 s. 4) (Enacted 1987)