LCR4803 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DUE 16 September 2024

LCR4803 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DUE 16 September 2024 1.1 (a) The Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996 regulates publications by making provision for a system of classification. Name TWO possible classifications that can be given to publications and indicate briefly when a publication will be awarded each of these classifications. (5) (b) What is “virtual child pornography”? What is the legal position surrounding the issue of virtual child pornography? (5) 1.2 (a) Write notes on the rationale for the crime of contempt of court. (5) (b) Name and briefly explain the grounds of justification which can exclude the element of unlawfulness in the crime of contempt of court. (5) [20] 2.1 Discuss the legal position in terms of section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 if a journalist who, when ordered by the court to do so, refuses to disclose the identity of his informer. Your answer should also discuss the question whether a journalist may rely on journalistic ethics to justify his