Censors also regarded some passages as anti-Soviet, especially the novel's criticisms of Stalinism, Collectivisation, the Great Purge, and the Gulag.

Censors could also remove unworthy members from the Senate.

Censors were also responsible for construction of public buildings and the moral status of the city.

The Century Assembly could also pass a statute that granted constitutional command authority to Consuls and Praetors, and Censorial powers to Censors.

Therefore the Aediles would have been in some cooperation with the current Censors, who had similar or related duties.

The princeps senatus was chosen from all Patricians who had served as a Consul, with former Censors usually holding the office.

Whilst some of these films had been passed by the British Board of Film Censors ( BBFC ) for cinema release, others had been refused certification.

Upon receiving a cinematic exhibition permit from the Board of Censors, L ’ Âge d ’ or had its premiere presentation at Studio 28, Paris, on 29 November 1930.

The British Board of Film Censors had demanded a number of cuts before finally granting the film an “ X ” Certificate, but newspaper critics were still aghast at its horrifying special effects ; questions were actually asked in Parliament as to why British censors had allowed the film to be released and further asked what was the British film industry thinking in trying to beat Hollywood at its own game of overdosing on blood and gore.

In the London College the Censors, helped by other examiners, had the duty to carry out the assessment of candidates and advise the College.

The British Board of Film Censors, at the time of its first limited screenings in the UK, recommended it be shown under private cinema club conditions to avoid the need for cuts to be made, but only after the Obscene Publications Act had been extended to films ( in 1977 ) to avoid potential legal problems.

The title and duties of the Censors resulted from the cultural and political upheavals that are associated with Humanism.

Once every five years, after the new Consuls for the year took office, they presided over the Century Assembly as it elected the two Censors.

Three members of the Board of Censors testified that they objected to the picture because it depicts ( 1 ) a white man retaining his love for a woman after learning that she is a Negro, ( 2 ) a white man kissing and embracing a Negro woman, ( 3 ) two white ruffians assaulting Pinky after she has told them she is colored.

The central government comprised a prime minister who held military and administrative authority, inner scribes who served under the prime minister, overseeing Censors of various rank and position, commanders of the Imperial Guard, senior officials who carried out the King's official administration, as well as all military officers and officials of the Food, Music, Transportation, Agriculture, and other bureaus.

Jungjong worked hard to wipe out the remnants of the Yeonsangun era by reopening the Seonggyungwan, royal university, and Office of Censors, which criticizes inappropriate actions of the king.

Censors were elected every five years and although the office held no military imperium, it was considered a great honour.

His childhood house overlooked a projection room, owned by the Board of Censors, where the members of the board were cutting the films.

* The State Censors were set up in 1517 by Marco Giovanni di Giovanni, a cousin of Doge Andrea Gritti ( 1523 – 1538 ) and nephew of the great Francesco Foscari.

In fact, the Censors were not judges as such, but more like moral consultants, being their main task the repression of electoral fraud and the protection of the State ’ s public institutions.

Although the term remained, reflecting the senator who was named first in the roll of the Senate issued by the Censors, the prerogatives of the office were restricted.

The idea for the Control Yuan was inspired by a long tradition of supervision used in past dynasties, ranging from the Censor ( 御史 ; yù shǐ ) established by the Qin ( 秦 ) and Han ( 漢 ) dynasties to the tái ( 臺 ) and jiàn ( 諫 ) offices established under the Sui ( 隋 ) and Tang ( 唐 ) dynasties ( tai were selected to supervise civil officials and military officers, while jian were selected to counsel the emperor on supervisory matters ) to the Board of Public Censors ( 都察院 ; dūchá-yuàn ) selected under the Ming ( 明 ) and Qing ( 清 ) dynasties.

Although the book and play were successful, the British Board of Film Censors would not allow a film to be made during the 1930s: it was a " very sordid story in very sordid surroundings ", and in Gow's words " regarded as ' dangerous '".

The Board of Censors began to provide basic film classifications from 1 June 1946, initially as a year-long pilot project to designate certain films which were deemed inappropriate for children.

The following people were appointed as Chair of the Board of Censors, and subsequently the Ontario Film Review Board.

Censors were concerned, for example, that Capitán Trueno and Sigrid were traveling around the world unburdened by matrimonial ties ( vínculos matrimoniales ).

Dracula and Frankenstein were awarded " 15 " certificates by the British Board of Film Censors for their graphics depicting bloody scenes, while Jack the Ripper and Wolfman gained " 18 " certificates.

The Maryland State Board of Censors was a three-member state agency created in 1916 required to view all films to be shown in the state, and decide whether or not the films were " moral and proper.

The film was the first cartoon to be rated X, indicating it was suitable only for adult audiences, by the British Board of Film Censors.

Censors allowed her to be depicted living in a house with an unmarried man ( because early episodes made it plain that she slept in her bottle ), but would not permit Eden's navel to be seen, although it was briefly shown in season four episodes " The Case of My Vanishing Master, Part 2 " and " Around the Moon in 80 Blinks ", third season episode " Meet My Master's Mother ", and season five's " Mrs. Djinn-Djinn ".

As was required by law for British film productions of that time, the completed first draft of the screenplay was presented by Tenser to the British Board of Film Censors ( BBFC ) on 4 August to determine if any possible censorship issues could be anticipated.

On Dec. 23, 1783, Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas, Simon Nathan (" parnas "), Asher Myers, Barnard Gratz, and Haym Solomon, the " Mahamad " of the Congregation Mickvé Israel, Philadelphia, petitioned the Council of Censors that there be removed from the Constitution the declaration requiring each member of the Assembly to affirm his belief in the divine inspiration of the New Testament.

The princeps senatus served as the leader of the Senate and was chosen to serve a five year term by each pair of Censors every five years.

Salò was rejected by the British Board of Film Censors ( BBFC ) in January 1976.

The original X certificate, replacing the H certificate, was issued between 1951 and 1982 by the British Board of Film Censors in the United Kingdom.

It was banned in the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Censors until February 2000.

Within Our Gates was initially rejected by the Board of Censors in Chicago when Micheaux submitted the film in December 1919.

The new laws further centralized Long's control over the state by creating several new Long-appointed state agencies: a state bond and tax board holding sole authority to approve all loans to parish and municipal governments, a new state printing board which could withhold " official printer " status from uncooperative newspapers, a new board of election supervisors which would appoint all poll watchers, and a State Board of Censors.

The rough-cut of the film was 130 minutes in length, while the version submitted for classification by the British Board of Film Censors ( BBFC ) was 117m 13s.

College publications include the first ten editions of the London Pharmacopoeia ( written in Latin, and used for regulating the composition of medicines from 1618 and, through the College's police the Censors, for enforcing the College's monopoly on medical science, then being challenged by the Society of Apothecaries ), and the ` Nomenclature of Diseases ' in 1869.

The City Commission of Marshall “ reactivated ” the Board of Censors, established by a 1921 ordinance, and designated five new members who demanded the submission of the picture for approval.

Following the Declaration of Independence, and the emergence of the Vermont Republic, the town was instead granted to William Samuel Johnson by Vermont's Council of Censors in 1782.

Virtually all motion pictures produced in the United States adhered to the code, and similar censorship was common in other countries, for example an early version of the first lesbian vampire film Dracula's Daughter, a film described in The Celluloid Closet as presenting " homosexuality as a predatory weakness ", was rejected by the British Board of Film Censors in 1935, who said in part "... Dracula's Daughter would require half a dozen ... languages to adequately express its beastliness .".

He was appointed the first President of the Board of Film Censors in 1917, and was appointed to the Privy Council by the first Labour government in 1924.

In the United Kingdom, the film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors for fourteen years.

Censorship issues in Drunken Angel are covered extensively in the supplemental documentary to the Criterion Collection DVD by Danish film scholar Lars-Martin Sorensen, entitled Kurosawa and the Censors, available on The Criterion Collection DVD release of the film.

A documentary made by film maker Martyn See about his 17 years as a political prisoner in Singapore was banned by the Board of Film Censors under the Films Act, which prohibit its possession and distribution.