FILM POSTERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21147, 3 October 1930, Page 7

FILM POSTERS.

CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS. appearance in the gazette. ;■ United Paces Association.) . WELLINGTON. October 1. . i.ne long-looked-for regulations concernmg the censorship of film posters and other advertising matter under the Kinematograph Films Act, 1928, were formally gazetted to-night. The new regulations provide that every person commits'an offence who exhibits or uses for the advertisement of any film, or who supplies to any person for such purpose any poster which has not been approved by the censor. This, of course, does not apply to posters relating to films approved for exhibition by the censor before these regulations came into force —namely,' toiday (October 2). Fosters cannot .be altered in any manner after being approved by thp censor, who may approve a poster, refuse his approval for it, or have it altered to meet with his approval. A penalty of £5 is provided for persons making false or misleading statements in applications for the approval of posters, aud t special fees are to be charged when applicants wish the censor’s examination of the posters to be completed within 48 hours of submission. Should applicants be dissatisfied with the censor's decision they may appeal to a board of appeal. , Regulations with reference to the publication of the certificate of the. censor and registrar in respect of sound picture films, and also an amendment of the Kinematograph Films (Storage, Exhibition, and Renting) Regulations are also gazetted. '