The Films and Publications Act, 1996 is an
act of the
South African Parliament
The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature. It is located in Cape Town; the country's legislative capital.
Under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament comprises a National Asse ...
.
The act repealed a number of acts of prior legislation which censored literary and media works under that country's previous
apartheid
Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an ...
government.
It established a
Film and Publication Board and Review Board. The Board's function would be to receive complaints, or applications to evaluate, a film or publication, to classify it according to its suitability for different audiences.
External links
Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996Gazette notices per the ''Films and Publications Act'', No. 65 of 1996
Censorship in South Africa
1996 in South African law
South African legislation
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