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Participation of child in pornographic performance
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13. The Act of 1998 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 5:
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“5A. (1) A person who—
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(a) causes, incites, compels or coerces, or
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(b) recruits, invites or induces,
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a child to participate in a pornographic performance, or gains from such participation, shall be guilty of an offence.
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(2) A person who attempts to commit an offence under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
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(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.
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(4) A person who knowingly attends a pornographic performance shall be guilty of an offence.
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(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) shall be liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.
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(6) In this section—
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‘attends a pornographic performance’ includes viewing the performance by means of information and communication technology,
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‘pornographic performance’ means a live exhibition aimed at an audience, including by means of information and communication technology, of—
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(a) a child engaged in real or simulated sexually explicit activity, or
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(b) the sexual organs of a child for primarily sexual purposes.”.
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