Section 5: Delivery of prohibited publications

5. Delivery of prohibited publications (1) Any person to whom a publication, of which the importation is prohibited by Proclamation under section 3, is sent without his knowledge or privity or in execution of an order given before the prohibition on its importation came into effect, or who, at the time when the prohibition on its importation comes into effect, has had such a publication in his possession, power or control for less than 6 months shall forthwith deliver it to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, and, where he fails to do so, shall commit an offence and the publication shall be forfeited. (2) Any person who, immediately before the time when the prohibition on the importation of any publication comes into effect, has had such publication in his possession, power or control for not less than 6 months, unless he surrenders it in the manner provided in subsection (1), shall not part with it and shall make to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, within 30 days of the effective date of the prohibition, a declaration that he has for the past 6 months had and still has the publication in his possession, power or control, and where he fails to do so, such person shall commit an offence. (3) Any person who complies with subsection (1) or (2) and is not convicted of a breach of them shall not be fined or imprisoned for having imported the publication or for having it in his possession, power or control.