Indecent Advertisements Act, 1889

INDECENT ADVERTISEMENTS ACT 1889

CHAPTER XVIII.

An Act to suppress Indecent Advertisements. [26th July 1889.]

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Indecent Advertisements Act, 1889.

[S. 2 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]

Summary proceedings against persons affixing, &c. indecent or obscene pictures or printed or written matter.

3. Whoever affixes to or inscribes on any house, building, wall, hoarding, gate, fence, pillar, post, board, tree, or any other thing whatsoever so as to be visible to a person being in or passing along any street, public highway, or footpath, and whoever affixes to or inscribes on any public urinal, or delivers or attempts to deliver, or exhibits, to any inhabitant or to any person being in or passing along any street, public highway, or footpath, or throws down the area of any house, or exhibits to public view in the window of any house or shop, any picture or printed or written matter which is of an indecent or obscene nature, shall, on summary conviction in manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings, or, in the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month, with or without hard labour.

Summary proceedings against persons sending others to do the Acts punishable under s. 3.

4. Whoever gives or delivers to any other person any such pictures, or printed or written matter mentioned in section three of this Act, with the intent that the same, or some one or more thereof, should be affixed, inscribed, delivered, or exhibited as therein mentioned, shall, on conviction in manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, or, in the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour.

Certain advertisements declared indecent.

5. Any advertisement relating to syphilis, gonorrhœa, nervous debility, or other complaint or infirmity arising from or relating to sexual intercourse, shall be deemed to be printed or written matter of an indecent nature within the meaning of section three of this Act, if such advertisement is affixed to or inscribed on any house, building, wall, hoarding, gate, fence, pillar, post, board, tree, or other thing whatsoever, so as to be visible to a person being in or passing along any street, public highway, or footpath, or is affixed to or inscribed on any public urinal, or is delivered or attempted to be delivered to any person being in or passing along any street, public highway, or footpath.

Constables may arrest on view of offence.

6. Any constable or other peace officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he shall find committing any offence against this Act.

[S. 7 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]