Can someone summarise what the obscene publications act is and does please?

Question

i looked around on the web and i could only find pages of legal stuff i dont understand so could someone please sum it up for me. also no more than 200 words please

thanks in advance

Answer 1

A laymans guide to the Act.....

http://www.iwf.org.uk/police/page.22.38....

Answer 2

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Here you see that my swearing has been censored. this is because it has been regarded under the act as an obscene publication.

No really, try here:

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section12/ch...