Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)

Notices

Notice in terms of Section 18(1) and Section 24A of the Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996), as amended

Schedule 1

1. Definitions

Purchase

In this Notice, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act, shall have the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

“Act”

means the Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996), as amended from time to time;

“day”

means any number of days prescribed in these Regulations and shall be reckoned exclusively of the first and inclusively of the last day unless the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or official South African Public Holiday, in which case the last day shall be the next succeeding business day;

“distribute”

in relation to a film, game or a publication, without derogating from the ordinary meaning of that word, includes—

(i)	to stream content through the internet, social media or other electronic mediums;

(ii)	to sell, hire out or offer or keep for sale or hire, including using the internet; and

(iii)

for purposes of sections 24A and 24B, to hand or exhibit a film, game or a publication to a person under the age of 18 years, and also the failure to take reasonable steps to prevent access thereof by such a person;

“distributor”

means a person who conducts the business of distributing films, games or publications and includes a commercial online distributor;

“FPB”

means the Film and Publication Board, established in terms of section 3 of the Act;

"prescribed fee"

means the applicable fee prescribed by regulation by the Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, from time to time, under section 31(1)(a) of the Act;

“Regulations”

means the regulations developed in accordance with section 31 of the Act;