The result of their efforts – the 1959 Obscene Publications Act – with its "public good" defence for works of science, literature, art or learning ensured the failure of the Chatterley prosecution, and in doing so secured the liberty of literature in Britain over the past 50 years.
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The Press and Publications Act is used in some strange ways.
He found it in the new Obscene Publications Act and the banning of DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Also during this time, the government enacted the Publications Act of 1974, which expanded and strengthened existing censorship policies.
In 1929, the Censorship of Publications Act became law in Ireland, allowing any citizen to complain to a government-appointed board about a book or a publication.
The year before, there had been 132 prosecutions under the 1867 Obscene Publications Act, with a total of 167,000 books destroyed in Scotland Yard's furnaces.
After Mr. Najib announced the need to review the media laws, the home affairs minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, said that the government would review the Printing Presses and Publications Act.
The print media are regulated by the Printing Presses and Publications Act, which requires most newspapers to renew their licenses annually.
Instead of the film, the festival audience was confronted with an on-screen statement: "This film has been refused classification by the film and publications board, in terms of the Film and Publications Act of 1996.
The Printing Presses and Publications Act states that anyone who prints, publishes or distributes a banned publication can be fined up to 20,000 ringgit, or $5,900, jailed for up to three years, or both.
