Producing child abuse material
51C Producing child abuse material
S. 51C inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.
A person (A) commits an offence if—
A intentionally produces material; and
the material is child abuse material; and
A knows that the material is, or probably is, child abuse material.
A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).
For the purposes of subsection (1), the ways in which material is produced may include—
filming, printing, photographing, recording, writing, drawing or otherwise generating material; or
altering or manipulating material; or
reproducing or copying material.
Notes
1 Exceptions apply to this offence—see sections 51J, 51K and 51M.
2 Defences apply to this offence—see sections 51L, 51N, 51O, 51P, 51Q and 51R.
3 A mistaken but honest and reasonable belief that reasonable persons would not regard the child abuse material as offensive is not a defence to this offence—see section 51U.
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