Sentence:  An article would have no tendency to deprave if it were so revolting that it would put anyone off the kind of depraved activity depicted. As stated in section 1(1) of the 1959 Act, an article is only <WSD>obscene</WSD> if its effect is such as to tend to deprave . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Liable to deprave or corrupt