Section 88: Exhibiting slide and video tape in public

88. Exhibiting slide and video tape in public (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall, for a fee or otherwise, exhibit in public any slide or video tape. (2) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), subsection (1) shall not apply to an exhibition of a slide or video tape organised— (i) for a benevolent, charitable, educational or religious purpose; (ii) by a club other than a video club, exclusively for its members; (iii) by a hotel exclusively for its clients. (b) An exhibition under paragraph (a) shall not be organised unless it has first been approved by the Commissioner of Police and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose. (3) Any person who contravenes this section shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years. (4) The Court shall, upon the conviction of a person charged with an offence under this section, order the forfeiture of any money derived from, or any slide, video tape or other article used in connection with the commission of the offence. [S. 88 amended by Act 10 of 1985; Act 5 of 1999; s. 8 of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f.