Section 281 - Further offences relating to obscenity

(1) A person commits a misdemeanour who

(a) for the purposes of or by way of trade, or for the purposes of distribution or public exhibition, makes produces, or has in his possession one or more obscene writings, drawings, prints, paintings, printed matter, pictures, posters, emblems, photographs, cinematograph films, or any other obscene objects; or

(b) for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a), imports, conveys, or exports, or causes to be imported, conveyed, or exported, any of those obscene matters or things, or puts any of them into circulation; or

(c) carries on or takes part in a business, whether public or private, concerned with any of those obscene matters or things, or deals in any of those matters or things, or distributes any of them or exhibits any of them publicly, or makes a business of lending any of them; or

(d) advertises or makes known with a view to assist in that punishable circulation or traffic that a person is engaged in any of those punishable acts, or advertises or makes known how or from whom any of those obscene matters or things can be procured either directly or indirectly.

(2) The Chairman of a Regional Tribunal or a Justice may, on application made for the purposes by or on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, order the destruction of any of the obscene matters or things mentioned in subsection (1) which, the Chairman or Justice, is satisfied has or have been or is or are being made, deposited or used for any of the purposes referred to in subsection (1).