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Section 47, 2 The Cyber Security qnd Crine Act 2021

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(l) A person, including a corporation, parhership, orassociation, who, intentionally- (a) disributes, produces, fansmits, disseminates, circulates, delivers, exhibits, Iends for gain, exchanges, barters, sells or offers for sale, lets on hirc or ofieIS to l€t on hire, prints, photo$aphs, copies, provides location, requests for, offers in any other way, or makes available in any way child pomography through a computer system or storage data medium; or (b) acquiesces a child's participation in pomogaphy, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine oot less than Le 100,000.000 and not more than Le 250,000,000 or to a term of imprisonment not less than 5 years and not exceeding l0 years or to both such fine and imprisonment and in the case of a corporation, partnership, or association, to a fine not less than Le 500,000,000 and not exceeding Le I ,000,000,000 (2) A person, including a corporation, parfiIership, or association, who intentiona.lly poses, grooms or solicits, through any computer system or network, to meet a child for the purpose of (a) engagiDg in sexual activity with the child; (b) engaging in sexual activity with the child where- (f coercion, inducement, force or thrcat is used; (if a recognised position oftrust, authority or influence over the child, including within t}e family is abused; or No. 7 The Cyber Sccurity and Crirne Act 2021 63 (iif a child's mental or physical disabiliry or situation of dependence is a b u s e d; commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not less than Ir I 00,000,000 and not morc than Ir 250,000,000 or to a term of imprisonment not less than 5 years and not exceeding l0 years or to parhiership, or association" to a fine not less than Le 500,000,000 and not exceeding lr I,00O,0O0P00 (3) Notwitlbtanding subsection (l ) a person shall not be deemed to have committed an offence ifhe does an act intended for a bona fide scientific ormedical research or law enforcement. (4) For purposes of this section- "child" means a person under the age of l8 years; "child pornography" includes data which, whether visual or audio, depicts- (a) a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; O) a person who appears to be a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; or (c) realistic images representing a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct. 48. 0) A person, including a corporation, partnership, or online adulr association who: sex$al lbuse. (a) take or share an intimate image or voice material ofadepicted person without his/her consent; & The Cyber Security and Crime Act 2021 O) take or share an intimate image or voice material ofa depicted person without his/her consen! with the intention to humiliate, alam or dishess the victim; (c) take or share an intimate image or voice material ofa depicted person without his^rer consent, for the purpose of either sexual gratification by the perpetrator or that of another; (d) theaten to share any intimat€ image oi voice material of a depicted person Ivith intent to cause the depicted person to fear that the image or audio material will be sha:ed, or being reckless as to whether the depicted person will have such fear that the threat will be executedl (e) disseminate or post sexually explicit image, media or voice material without the consent of the depicted person, whether or not the intent is to shame, humiliaG, Aighten or cause the depicted person hann. conrmits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not less than k I 00,000,000 and not more than [.e 250,000,000 or to a term of imprisonment not less than 5 years and not exceeding l0 years or to No. 7 No.7 The Cyber Seeutity ahd Crifie Act 2021 65 partnership, or association, to a fine not less than Le 500,000,000 and not exc€eding t€ 1,000,000,000. (2) In this section, the expressions "intimate image or voice material" shall include video, images or voice media created by the depicted person which hs'she has not willingly put into the public domain; video, images or voice media taken by another; video, images or voice media in the possession of the perpetrator by any means whatsoever including been stolen &om a hacked computer or other digital device ofthe depicted person; video, image or voice material that may have been doctored by superimposing the face or voicc of a depicted person unto an existing intimate or sexually explicit image or some other voice media.

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