section 7
Obscene Poster -A poster shall be deemed to be ‘obscene’ if,-
The Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Disfigurement of Open Places and Prohibition of Obscene and Objectionable Posters and Advertisements Act, 1997General199723 sections
Statutory text
- (a) its effect is to tend to debase and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read or see the matter contained or embodied in it;
- (b) it holds out or recommends to the public anything to be used as, or suggestive of, a sexual stimulant;
- (c) it undermines the accepted cannons of decency or encourages vicious or immoral acts;
- (d) it lowers the sacredness of the institution of marriage or depicts scenes of rape, criminal assault on women or other immoralities;
- (e) it exhibits the human form in a state of nudity or indecorous or sensual posture; or
- (f) it encourages lasciviousness or arouses impure and lecherous thoughts.
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