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All persons cmployed in the ollice of the Board. Peani, Olicers hth m t i e publie to members thekCommittee of Appeal shall be and all all f Apfl Servants. deemed servants within thc meaning of the Penal Code. to be FM.S. public s i f Car. 45. citee Sabah 3/50, A 7 ) Sk. Cap. 57. Disposal of 23. Films which have been lying in any warchouse apDround unclaimed under section 6 (2) for two years and the owner whereof i films. unknown or has omitted for that period to obtain the authorization of the Board or having Obtained it has omitted to remove the film from the possession of the Board, and films or parts of films retaied by the Board under section 11 and not claimed by the owner for export within two years from the date upon which authorization was refused, or if e Asssmen hutte e there is any appeal, from the date of the decision of the a a y be Committee of Appea), may be destroyed or otherwise t A 4+2/74 disposed of as the Boárd thinks fit. Possession 24. (1) Any person who has in his possession any obscene of obscene or lewd or lewd film shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on film. conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 6nd thousand Deyc) dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. (2) A Chief Police Officer or, in Sabah and Sarawak, a Divisional Superintendent of Police, any Censorepy-o /ncta 4at Assistant Censor or Inspector of inematograph Films,if satisfied upon written information| and after such further inquiry as he thinks necessary that any person has in his possession an obscene or lewd film, may without warrant, with such assistance and by such force as is necessary, by night or by day, enter and search any place where he has Teason to believe the film is kept, seize the film or part of the film and take into custody any person reasonably supposed to be in possession thereof. (3) Any film in respect of which any person has been convicted under this section shall be forfeited and shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct. Exemptions. 25./This Act shall not apply to- (a) any film sponsored by the Federal Government or the Government of any State; (6) any film transhipped within Malaysia for delive at a place outside Malaysia; S. 25-26A] CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS (CENSORSHIP) (c) any film whether produced in or imported into Malaysia which the owner does not intend to exhibit in Malaysia: provided that the owner notifies the Board in writing forthwith that he does not intend to permit its exhibition in Malaysia, and supplies the Board with a full description of the film. The immunity granted herein shall not operate for more than one month from the date upon which the film has been produced in or imported into Malaysia d) any film, not being obscene or lewd, which is in the possession of any person or of his agent and is intended for his own private use and not for the purpose of sale, hire, distribution, public exhibition or circulation so long as the film remains in such possession. (e) any film the exhibition of which is sponsored by the Federal Government pursuant to a treaty agreement or arrangement to which the Government is a party. Dgo (2) to make and produce within Censorship