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17B Distributors of recorded video or film material to be licensed
(1) No person shall—
(a) carry on the business of distributing recorded video or film material; or
(b) advertise, display or offer any recorded video or film material for distribution;
except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence.
(1a) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year
or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(2) The Board may, subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, exempt from all or
any of the provisions of subsection (1)—
(a) any recorded video or film material or any class of such material; or
(b) any person or class of persons;
and may at any time amend or withdraw any such exemption.
(3) The Board shall cause notice of any exemption in terms of subsection (2), and
of any amendment or withdrawal thereof, to be published in the Gazette.
17C Applications for licences
A person who wishes to obtain a licence may apply therefor to the Board in the
prescribed form and shall remit with his application the prescribed fee.
17D Issue or refusal or licences
(1) Subject to this section, on receipt of an application in terms of section
seventeen C the Board, after conducting such investigation or inquiry as it considers
necessary or desirable—
(a) may issue or refuse to issue a licence to the applicant; and
(b) it is issues a licence, may specify such conditions therein relating to the
conduct of the applicant’s business as it considers necessary or desirable to
fix.
(2) Where the Board intends to—
(a) refuse to issue a licence to an applicant; or
(b) issue a licence subject to any condition fixed in terms of paragraph (b) of
subsection (1);
the Board shall inform the applicant in writing of its intention and the reasons therefor
and that he may, within such reasonable period as the Board may specify, make written
representations to the Board in relation to the intended refusal or condition.
(3) If, after considering any representations made to it in terms of subsection (2),
the Board remains of the opinion that it should refuse to issue a licence to the applicant
concerned or that it should fix the condition concerned, as the case may be, the Board
shall inform the applicant as soon as possible—
(a) of its decision and the reasons therefor;