(1) For the purposes of sub -section ( 2), a book, pamphlet,
paper, writing, drawing, painting, representation, figure or any other object, including display of any
content in electronic form shall be deemed to be obscene if it is lascivious or appeals to the prurient
interest or if its effect, or (where it comprises two or more distinct items) the effect of any one of its
items, is, if taken as a whole, such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard
to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it.