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1 Obscene Publications: Replies of Governments to the Questionnaire concerning the Draft Convention of 1910 1 (1923)

handle is hein.unl/oprgq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C. P. 0. 1. LEAGUE OF NATIONS OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS Replies of Governments to the Questionnaire concerning the Draft Convention of 1910. QUESTIONNAIRE SENT BY THE SECRETARIAT Question i. - Does Article i of the draft Convention include all the offences relating to the trade in obscene publications and other pornographic objects which ought to be made punish- able by the internal legislation of each country by virtue of an international convention ? Question 2.- Is it desirable: (a) to include in the Convention a definition of the word obscene or (b) to leave the States to give to the word the legal signification which seems to them right ? Question 3. - Should the Convention provide for the extradition of offenders in the case of serious offences ? (If the answer is in the affirmative, what are the characteristics by which such offences should be determined ?) Question 4. - Does the Law of your State admit of the expulsion of foreigners who are en- gaged in the trade in obscene publications or other pornographic objects or who are convicted of any of the offences specified in Article i of the draft Convention ? Question 5. - Does the experience gained in regard to the trade in obscene publications and other pornographic objects in your country indicate: (a) that it is necessary to provide, as in Article 2 of the draft Convention, that persons should be liable to punishment in one country for offences committed partly or wholly in another country, or (b) that it would be sufficient if States undertook to punish only the offences committed in their own territories ? (N.B.- The answer to this question depends to some extent on the answers to questions 3 and 4. It may be pointed out that the International Arrangement of May 4th, 1910, provides for the exchange of full information where offences are committed partly in one country and partly in another.) Question 6. - Should there be a clause in the Convention requiring the legislation of each State to give power to search any premises where there is reason to believe that obscene publica- tions or other pornographic objects are being made or stored ? Question 7. - Should there be a clause in the Convention requiring the legislation of each country to provide for the seizure and destruction of obscene publications or other pornographic objects ? Question 8. - Is it desirable that the Convention should provide special protection for minors either: (a) by increasing the penalties where the offence is committed in respect of minors, or (b) by making certain offences punishable in respect of minors which would not be punishable in the case of adults ? If the answer to either question is in the affirmative, what definition should be given to the word minors ? Question 9. - Are there any other matters, other than those mentioned above, which ought to be dealt with in a Convention on obscene publications and objects ? If the answer is in the affirmative, piease indicate them. Question 10. - (a) Would your Government be prepared to accept the present draft Conven- tion as it stands ? (b) If your Government could only accept the present draft Convention under reservations, can you state the exact nature of such reservations ? S. d. N. 850 (F.) + 850 (A.) 7/23. Imp. Kundig.

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