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X-rated (also known as X certificate or X classification) is a motion picture rating indicating...

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X-rated (also known as X certificate or X classification) is a motion picture rating indicating strong adult content, typically sexual content and nudity, but also including violence, drug content and profanity. In Australia, X-rated is a legal term. The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), a government institution, issues ratings for all movies and television shows sold or aired. Movies showing explicit, non-simulated sex are rated "X". "X" rated movies are not permitted to be sold in most States, but possession of such movies is legal in the Australian Capital Territory; the constitution forbids restraint in goods and trade between the States, so they are available in all States by mail-order. An attempt to change the classification ratings such that some of the material in the "X" category would be banned and the remainder would be available under the new category "NVE" (an abbreviation for Non-Violent Erotica), failed in the Senate partly due to the belief of some Senators that the new categories were less restrictive than the old. The proposed category of NVE held tighter restrictions of content in sexually explicit films. Although the new rating was rejected,

Created by: Freebase Data Team Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by: Freebase Data Team Oct 22, 2006

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