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- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 abstract "The Obscene Publications Act 1959 (c. 66) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament that significantly reformed the law related to obscenity in England and Wales. Prior to the passage of the Act, the law on publishing obscene materials was governed by the common law case of R v Hicklin, which had no exceptions for artistic merit or the public good. During the 1950s, the Society of Authors formed a committee to recommend reform of the existing law, submitting a draft bill to the Home Office in February 1955. After several failed attempts to push a bill through Parliament, a committee finally succeeded in creating a viable bill, which was introduced to Parliament by Roy Jenkins and given the Royal Assent on 29 July 1959, coming into force on 29 August 1959 as the Obscene Publications Act 1959. With the committee consisting of both censors and reformers, the actual reform of the law was limited, with several extensions to police powers included in the final version.The Act created a new offence for publishing obscene material, repealing the common law offence of obscene libel which was previously used, and also allows Justices of the Peace to issue warrants allowing the police to seize such materials. At the same time it creates two defences; firstly, the defence of innocent dissemination, and secondly the defence of public good. The Act has been used in several high-profile cases, such as the trials of Penguin Books for publishing Lady Chatterley's Lover and Oz for the Schoolkids OZ issue.".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 wikiPageExternalLink ukpga_19590066_en.pdf.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 wikiPageID "1473817".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 wikiPageRevisionID "582540403".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 amendments Obscene_Publications_Act_1964.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 commencement "1959-08-29".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 hasPhotoCollection Obscene_Publications_Act_1959.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 introducedBy Roy_Jenkins.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 longTitle "An Act to amend the law relating to the publication of obscene matter; to provide for the protection of literature; and to strengthen the law concerning pornography.".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 originalText ukpga_19590066_en.pdf.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 parliament "United Kingdom Parliament".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 royalAssent "1959-07-29".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 shortTitle "Obscene Publications Act 1959".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 status "Amended".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 statuteBookChapter "c.66".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 territorialExtent "England and Wales".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 useNewUkLeg "yes".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 subject Category:Censorship_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 subject Category:Obscenity_law.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 subject Category:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1959.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 comment "The Obscene Publications Act 1959 (c. 66) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament that significantly reformed the law related to obscenity in England and Wales. Prior to the passage of the Act, the law on publishing obscene materials was governed by the common law case of R v Hicklin, which had no exceptions for artistic merit or the public good.".
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 label "Obscene Publications Act 1959".
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- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 sameAs Q7075399.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 sameAs Q7075399.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 wasDerivedFrom Obscene_Publications_Act_1959?oldid=582540403.
- Obscene_Publications_Act_1959 isPrimaryTopicOf Obscene_Publications_Act_1959.