Film Censorship Act 2002 Cases

The was handed down in the magistrate s court here by mohd rehan mohd aris who last month found the pusat komas programme manager guilty of the charge under the film censorship act 2002.

Film censorship act 2002 cases. Critics assail them including thomas edison s landmark 1896 film the kiss as a threat to morality. On 19 september 2013 lena hendry had been charged under section 6 of the film censorship act 2002 for organising a film screening event showing a documentary entitled no fire zone. In the landmark s. The killing fields of sri lanka at selangor chinese assembly hall on 3 july 2013 without approval from the film censorship board.

Click on the image above to open a full version. Lena had been liable for up to three years jail or a fine not exceeding rm30 000 under section 6 1 b of the film censorship act 2002. The first act of movie censorship in the united states was an 1897 statute of the state of maine that prohibited the exhibition of prizefight films. Maine enacted the statute to prevent the exhibition of the 1897 heavyweight championship between james j.

1 no person shall a have in his possession or in his custody or under his control. Censorship has no space in a mature. Censorship is a term generally used to connote the process of restricting the access of ideas and information in apprehension that it may. Hendry was convicted on feb 21 this year by the magistrate s court under section 6 1 b of the film censorship act 2002.

She was later ordered to pay a rm10 000 fine or in default spend a year. On some basic issues of film censorship certification in india and the limits of tolerance and sensitivity associated with the current censorship regime. In this blogpost rajnandini mahajan student rgnlu punjab writes about censorship of films in india the role of the judiciary and the arguments for and against the censorship of films in india. 1907 chicago enacts the first movie censorship law in america.

But it has also overshadowed the issue of politically motivated film censorship cases of which are becoming all too frequent. 1896 movies arrive in the us and soon attract large and enthusiastic audiences. A documentary on the 2002. In this case film as a platform reflecting the real ity of society and culture can play a role in the.

Movie motivates thought and action and assures a high degree of. Some other states followed maine. Cities and states around the nation create local censorships boards in the following years. Context of unity in malaysia.

Someswar bhowmik n july 13 2002 vijay anand re. Act was introduced the film censorship act 2002.