OBSCENITY

28. Section 13 of the Press Council Act, 1978 specifies the objects and functions of the council. Section 13(2)(c) states: to ensure on the part of newspapers, news agencies and journalists, the maintenance of high standards of public taste...

20. In the United Kingdom, way back in 1868, the Court laid down the Hicklin test in Regina v. Hicklin (1868 L.R. 2 Q.B. 360), and held as follows: The test of obscenity is whether the tendency of the...