26 JULY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Decision No. 1/90
Reference No.: IND 9/90

Before the Indecent Publications Tribunal

In the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs for a decision in respect of the following publications:
Alleycat; Sexual Marathon; Bone Appetite, No. 1; Danny Corns Cocksmith; Stiff Tricks, No. 2. Publisher: Anonymous;

Chairman: Judge R. R. Kearney.
Members: R. E. Barrington, A. J. Graham, K. A. Hulme and S. C. Middleton.

Hearing at Wellington on the 20th day of February 1990.
Appearances: M. J. Wotherspoon on behalf of the Comptroller of Customs. No appearance by or on behalf of importer.

Decision

These publications were privately imported by a passenger through Auckland Airport on 12 December 1989 and were seized by the Collector of Customs. The importer having subsequently disputed forfeiture the publications were referred to the Tribunal for classification prior to the commencement of condemnation proceedings pursuant to the Customs Act 1966.

The publications Alleycat and Sexual Marathon are magazines which very graphically depict multiple model scenes of heterosexual sexual intimacy. The remaining publications are comprised of multiple model scenes of explicit homosexual sexual activity. All of the publications include scenes of oral intercourse with a brief text describing in very coarse terms the sexual activity being depicted. The Tribunal has no difficulty in reaching a conclusion that each of these publications is clearly injurious to the public good and classifies each as unconditionally indecent.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 1990.

R. R. KEARNEY, Chairman.
Indecent Publications Tribunal.
907985

Decision No. 3/90
Reference No.: IND 10/90

Before the Indecent Publications Tribunal

In the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs for a decision in respect of the following publications:
Female Mimics International, No. 53, Vol. 19, No. 3. Publisher: Magcorp, U.S.A.; The Lovers Guide (Leoram Inc. Catalogue). Publisher: Leoram Inc., U.S.A.;

Chairman: Judge R. R. Kearney.
Members: R. E. Barrington, A. J. Graham, K. A. Hulme and S. C. Middleton.

Hearing at Wellington on the 20th day of February 1990.
Appearances: W. J. Wotherspoon on behalf of Comptroller of Customs. No appearance by or on behalf of importer.

Decision

These publications were privately imported through parcels post, Auckland on 15 December 1989 and were eventually seized by the Collector of Customs at Christchurch. The importer having subsequently disputed forfeiture the publications were referred to the Tribunal for classification prior to the commencement of condemnation proceedings pursuant to the Customs Act 1966.

Female Mimics International, No. 53, Vol. 19, No. 3
This publication deals with female imitators and features nude or semi-nude transsexuals in its pictorial sequences.

The Tribunal is satisfied that there is material in this publication which would be injurious to young readers and classifies it as indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years.

The Lovers Guide (Leoram Inc. Catalogue)
This publication is a mail order catalogue published in the United States of America for an organisation which sells sexual appliances and accessory goods for their mail order customers. The Tribunal is satisfied that there are aspects of this publication which would be injurious to younger readers and classifies it as indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 1990.

R. R. KEARNEY, Chairman.
Indecent Publications Tribunal.
907986

Decision No. 4/90
Reference No.: IND 11/90

Before the Indecent Publications Tribunal

In the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs for a decision in respect of the following publications: In Touch For Men, No. 153, 154 and 155. Publisher: In Touch Inc U.S.A.;

Chairman: Judge R. R. Kearney.
Members: R. E. Barrington, A. J. Graham, K. A. R. Hulme and S. C. Middleton.

Hearing at Wellington on the 20th day of February 1990.
Appearances: G. A. Ireland, counsel for the Lawrence Publishing Company (NZ) Ltd. M. J. Wotherspoon on behalf of Comptroller of Customs.

Decision

These publications were submitted to the Customs Department by the importer who invited the department to submit them to the Tribunal for renewal of the serial restriction order presently existing in respect of that publication. The Tribunal is satisfied that the format of this publication remains largely unchanged and it is of uniform quality and content and it agrees with the request made by Mr Ireland and supported by the Comptroller of Customs that the serial restriction order be renewed. The Tribunal accordingly, pursuant to section 15a of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, makes a serial restriction order in respect of the publication In Touch For Men classifying it as indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 1990.

R. R. KEARNEY, Chairman.
Indecent Publications Tribunal.
907987

Decision No. 5/90
Reference No.: IND 68/89

Before the Indecent Publications Tribunal

In the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of Customs for a decision in respect of the following publications: 269 Fetish Photos, Vol. 1, No. 1; 303 Bondage Photos, No. 4; Assess In Bondage, Vol. 1, No. 3; Best of Tit and Body Torture, Vol. 1, No. 1; Big Tits In Bondage, Vol. 1, No. 1; Lesbian Dream Girls, No. 10; Unheimliche Wollust 3; Sweet Anus, No. 14; Swinger Partner-Contactmarkt, No. 3.
Publisher: Anonymous;

Chairman: Judge R. R. Kearney.