CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 228DB
Encouraging use of child exploitation material website
CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 228DB
Encouraging use of child exploitation material website
228DB Encouraging use of child exploitation material website
(1) A person who, knowing a website is used to distribute child exploitation
material, distributes information—
(a) to encourage someone, whether a
particular person or not, to use the website; or
(b) to advertise or promote
the website to someone, whether a particular person or not;
commits a crime.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) if the offender uses a hidden network
or an anonymising service in committing the offence—20 years imprisonment;
or
(b) otherwise—14 years imprisonment.
(2) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q also states a circumstance of
aggravation for an offence against this section.
(3) An indictment charging
an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in
the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q may not be presented
without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.
