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The Films and Publications Act, 1996 is an act of the South African Parliament. ==The original focus of censorship under the Act== This Act came into being shortly after South Africa achieved its liberation from the apartheid regime. It repealed a number of pieces of draconian legislation that had been promulgated under the apartheid regime and its satellite semi-autonomous and dependent race based geographical entities (see its Schedule 12). It established a Film and Publication Board ("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 The classification of a film or publication would trigger various prohibitions on possessing, exhibiting, distributing or advertising the film or publication. Focus was on defining and enforcing various prohibitions on films or publications that advocated war, violence, and hatred especially if based on race, ethnicity, gender and religion. Certain key exemptions from prohibitions were made to the scientific community (in regard to ''bona fide'' scientific, documentary, dramatic, artistic, literary or religious films and publications), and the media (in that those holding a broadcasting license were exempt form the duty to apply for classification). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Films and Publications Act, 1996」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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