This End Blasphemy Laws page cites Papua New Guinea's Classification of Publications (Censorship) Act 1989, which defines an "objectionable publication" to include material depicting blasphemy, alongside sex, drug misuse, crime, cruelty, immorality or violence, in a manner likely to offend a reasonable adult and judged undesirable in the public interest, with penalties including confiscation and destruction of the material and fines or imprisonment of up to two years.
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PublisherEnd Blasphemy Laws (Humanists International coalition)
URLhttps://end-blasphemy-laws.org/countries/oceania/papua-new-guinea/
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