DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS
VERITAS MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF RELIABLE INFORMATION,
BUT CANNOT TAKE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION SUPPLIED.
Act No. 21 of 1994 [incorporating modifications made by Statutory Instrument 90/1997, and
amendments made by Criminal Penalties Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 22 of 2001)]
Not yet in force as at 1st January, 2005 (but will come into force on 1st July, 2005, being the date fixed
by the President in terms of section 2(2) of Act – see Statutory Instrument 226/2004).
ACT
To amend the Censorship and Entertainments Control Act [Chapter 10:04].
ENACTED by the President and Parliament of Zimbabwe.
1
Short title and date of commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the Censorship and Entertainments Control Amendment Act,
1994.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the President by notice in the
Gazette, which date shall not be earlier than six months after the date of publication of the notice.
[Note: 1st July, 2005, is the date so fixed, by Statutory Instrument 226/2004]
2
New Part inserted in Cap. 78
The Censorship and Entertainments Control Act [Chapter 10:04] (hereinafter called “the
principal Act”) is amended by the insertion after Part VI of the following Part—
“PART VIA
LICENSING OF DISTRIBUTORS OF RECORDED VIDEO OR FILM MATERIAL
17A Interpretation in Part VIA
(1) In this Part—
“distribute” includes to sell, batter or let for hire, but does not include the
transmission through the post or otherwise of recorded video or film material
for the purpose of processing the film recorded thereon for the private use of an
individual;
“licence” means a licence issued in terms of section seventeen D.