Bare ActsThe Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Disfigurement of Open Places and Prohibition of Obscene and Objectionable Posters and Advertisements Act, 1997.

Section 7

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Obscene Poster -A poster shall be deemed to be ‘obscene’ if,- (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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