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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
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(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;
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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
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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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