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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1986|1986]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]] [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]] [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]] , [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]] [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video | ====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]]==== | ||
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'''Confronting Bodies:''' Attorney General of British Columbia | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Attorney General of British Columbia | ||
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'''Dates of Action:''' 1986 | '''Dates of Action:''' 1986 | ||
'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' British Columbia, Canada | ||
''' | '''Focus of Opposition:''' Films and videotapes Bill 30-1986, The Motion Picture Act, proscribes guidelines for the distribution and screening of films, videotapes, video discs and "any other object or device on or within which there is recorded, by photographic, electronic, or other means, the contents of a motion picture... " in British Columbia. The Act includes an approval process by the Director of Film Classification for the province. | ||
'''The Incident:''' Section 5: "The Director shall, before approving a motion picture... remove or require the removal of, by erasure or otherwise, any portion of it that depicts: | '''The Incident:''' Section 5: "The Director shall, before approving a motion picture... remove or require the removal of, by erasure or otherwise, any portion of it that depicts: | ||
(a) the coercing, through the use of threat of physical force or by other means, of a person to engage in a sexual act, where the sexual act that was coerced is depicted in explicit sexual scenes; | (a) the coercing, through the use of threat of physical force or by other means, of a person to engage in a sexual act, where the sexual act that was coerced is depicted in explicit sexual scenes; | ||
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(h) sexual conduct between a human being and an animal." | (h) sexual conduct between a human being and an animal." | ||
Section 12 "The Director, a peace officer, or a person authorized by the Director may enter a | Section 12 "The Director, a peace officer, or a person authorized by the Director may enter a theater or the premises of a motion picture distributor, an adult film distributor, a video distributor, or an adult film retailer or a video retailer at any time during regular business hours for the purpose of viewing or inspecting a film or an adult film, and may use any equipment located at the theatre or on those premises for that purpose. This individual may seize: | ||
(a) any film that he believes will be exhibited in a | (a) any film that he believes will be exhibited in a theater, or | ||
(b) any adult film that he believes will be distributed by an adult film distributor or adult film retailer, that has not been approved, or that does not carry an authorized certificate of approval for exhibition in a | (b) any adult film that he believes will be distributed by an adult film distributor or adult film retailer, that has not been approved, or that does not carry an authorized certificate of approval for exhibition in a theater or for distribution by an adult film distributor or adult film retailer. The Director may destroy a film seized under subsection (2) 60 days after it was seized, unless an appeal has been commenced... " | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Unknown | '''Results of Incident:''' Unknown | ||
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'''Source:''' Motion Picture Act, Bill 30, 4th Session, 33rd Parliament 35 Elizabeth II, 1986, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | '''Source:''' Motion Picture Act, Bill 30, 4th Session, 33rd Parliament 35 Elizabeth II, 1986, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1986]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:1980s]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Canada]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:British Columbia]] | ||
[[Category:Nudity]] | [[Category:Nudity]] | ||
[[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | [[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | ||
[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||
[[Category:Film Video]] | [[Category:Film Video]] | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||