The Weekly Law Reports
[1978] 1 WLR 1031
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
HENN
REGINA
v.
DARBY
1978 July 4,
5,
6,
7,
13
Lord Widgery C.J., Waller L.J. and Milmo J.
Crime
— Obscene libel
— Obscene article
— Prohibition on import
— Importation from member state of European Economic Community
— Whether prohibition total
— Whether excluded by E.E.C. Treaty
— Whether question referable to European Court of Justice
— Whether prohibition “justified”
— Public morality or public policy
—
Customs Consolidation Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36), s. 42
—
Customs and Excise Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2, c. 44), s. 304
—
E.E.C. Treaty (Cmnd. 5179-II), arts. 30, 36
European Court of Justice
— Reference to
— Whether necessary
— Import prohibition on indecent or obscene articles
— Whether justified on grounds of public morality or public policy
— Whether referable
—
Customs Consolidation Act 1876, s. 42
—
E.E.C. Treaty (Cmnd. 5179-II), arts. 30, 36, 177