ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Films and Stage Plays Act
17. Films unsuitable for children
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
17. Films unsuitable for children
(1)If it considers that any cinematograph film is unsuitable for general exhibition, the Board shall record its ruling in one of the following forms—(b)unsuitable for children under the age of sixteen years;(c)unsuitable for children under the age of ten years.(2)Where the Board records its ruling in the form "for adults only" it shall issue a certificate of approval subject to the condition that no child shall be admitted to the exhibition thereof.(3)The ruling of the Board under subsection (1) of this section shall be mentioned in all advertisements and on all posters of the film concerned, and announced on the cinema screen immediately before the film is exhibited.(4)Any person who exhibits any film, at an exhibition to which the public are admitted, in contravention of any condition imposed under subsection (2), or who displays or permits to be displayed in a public place or so as to be visible from a public place, any poster, or who publishes any advertisement or causes or permits to be published any advertisement, which contravenes, or who otherwise fails to comply with, the provisions of subsection (3), shall be guilty of an offence.