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Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)

Procedures

Film and Publication Board Complaints Handling Procedures

Chapter 3 : Lodging Complaints

6. Who can lodge a complaint

 

(1) Complaints in terms of these Procedures may be lodged by –
(a) any person acting in their own interest;
(b) any person acting on behalf of another person who cannot act in their own name;
(c) any person acting as a member of or in the interests of a group or class of persons;
(d) any person acting in the public interest; or
(e) any association or organisation acting in the interest of its members:

 

(2) If a child or a person with a mental disability wishes to lodge a complaint, they must be assisted by a parent, an appropriate adult or a guardian who is not the cause of the alleged contraventions of the Act.