29 Jun 2006
THREE WEEKLY LTD v. OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- THREE WEEKLY LTD v. OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL42/2003
The Court held the Tribunal acted within statutory remit: it lawfully considered the Article as a whole (including index/contents) and properly took context and manner of publication into account under s10 when assessing dominant effect and honest purpose; classification proceedings are administrative (not criminal) so criminal standards of proof and strict evidentiary rules do not apply; classification is not conclusive in subsequent criminal determination and Section 33 only provides conclusive proof of the fact of classification where required; the statutory appeal and judicial review mech…