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Indecent advertisement

Indecent advertisement, for the purposes of the (English) Indecent Advertisement Act, 1889, means any advertisement relating to any complaint or debility relating to or arising from sexual inter-course. The Act is directed against the public ex-hibition of such advertisements, and prohibits, inter alia, their display in public urinals and where they can be seen by persons passing along public streets....

Advertisement, [fr. avertissement, Fr.], a public notice or announcement of a thing.The duties payable on advertisements were repealed by 16 & 17 Vict. c. 63, s. 5.As to the protection afforded to Trustees and Personal Representatives by issuing an advertisement for creditors before distributing any real or personal property, see (English) Trustee Act, 1925, s. 27, amended by the (English) Law of Property (Amend.) Act, 1926, s. 7, and extending the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 29; Re Bracken, (1890) 43 Ch D 1.The regulation of advertisements is provided for by the (English) Advertisements Regulation Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 27), and the (English) Ancient Monuments Act, 1931 (20 & 21 Geo. 5), s. 7. See also Advertisements Regulation Act, 1925, respecting advertisements affecting the view or amenities of a village or historic building. Advertisements for stolen property may amount to an offer to compound a felony, and thus constitute an offence w...

Distribution

Distribution, 'distribution' includes distribution by way of samples whether free or otherwise. [Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, (60 of 1986), s. 2(b)]Distribution includes distribution by way of samples, whether free or otherwise. [Cigarette and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertise-ment and Regulation of Trade and Commence, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (34 of 2003), s. 3(c)]The Act of dealing out to others; dispensation.The dictionary meaning of the expression 'distribu-tion' is 'to give each a share, to give to several persons'. The expression 'distribution' connotes something actual and not notional. It can be physical; it can also be constructive. One may distribute amounts between different shareholders either by crediting the amount due to each one of them in their respective accounts or by actually paying to each one of them the amount due to him. The only difference between the expression 'paid' and the expression, 'distri...

Package

Package, include a wrapper, box, carton, tin or other container. [Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, s. 2(i)]Includes a box, carton, tin or other container. [Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 (60 of 1986), s. 2(e)]Includes any case, box container covering folder, receptacle, vessel, casket, bottle, wrapper, label, band, ticket, reel, frame, capsule, cap, lid, stopper and cork. [Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (48 of 1999), s. 2(1)(i)]Includes any case, box, container, covering, folder, receptacle, vessel, casket, bottle, wrapper, label, band, ticket, reel, frame, capsule, cap, lid, stopper and cork. [Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2(1)(q)]Means a box, bottle, casket, tin, barrel, case, receptacle, sack, bag, wrapper or other thing in which an insecticide is placed or packed. [Insecticides Act, 1968...

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