Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998
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Producing, distributing, etc., child pornography. |
5.—(1) Subject to sections 6 (2) and 6 (3), any person who— | |
(a) knowingly produces, distributes, prints or publishes any child pornography, | ||
(b) knowingly imports, exports, sells or shows any child pornography, | ||
(c) knowingly publishes or distributes any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that the advertiser or any other person produces, distributes, prints, publishes, imports, exports, sells or shows any child pornography, | ||
(d) encourages or knowingly causes or facilitates any activity mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or | ||
(e) knowingly possesses any child pornography for the purpose of distributing, publishing, exporting, selling or showing it, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable— | ||
(i) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or | ||
(ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or both. | ||
(2) In this section “distributes”, in relation to child pornography, includes parting with possession of it to, or exposing or offering it for acquisition by, another person, and the reference to “distributing” in that context shall be construed accordingly. |