Section 53: Exempted video or recording

(1) As from the commencement of this Act, no person shall distribute, exhibit or supply in Nigeria a video work or recording unless such work or recording is an exempted work under this Act.
(2) A video work is for the purposes of this Act an exempted work if taken as a Whole it is-
(a) designed to inform, educate or instruct; or
(b) concerned with sports; or
(c) a video game.
(3) A video work shall not be classified as an exempted work for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section if, to any significant extent, it-
(a) Depicts explicit sexual activities or acts of force or restraint associated with such activities;
(b) depicts mutilation or torture of, or other acts of gross violence towards humans or animals;
(c) depicts human genital organs or human urinary or excretory functions; or
(d) is designed to stimulate or encourage anything falling within paragraph (a) of this subsection or, in the case of anything falling within paragraph (b), it is designed to any extent to do so;
(e) is religious and contravenes ethnic prejudices either by word or action.