{"id":557,"date":"2024-04-09T03:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/topic\/sexual-offences-child-pornography\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:04:31","slug":"child-pornography","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/topic\/sexual-offences\/child-pornography\/","title":{"rendered":"Child pornography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u><br \/>Introduction<br \/><\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u201cChild\u201d means a person under 16 years\u2019 of age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChild pornography\u201d is defined as any photograph, film, computer generated image or other visual depiction that is a pornographic depiction of a person who is or is depicted as being a child. Pornographic depiction means a visual depiction:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>of a person as being engaged in explicit sexual conduct, whether or not the person is in fact engaged in such conduct; or<\/li>\n<li>that depicts in a sexual manner or context the genitals or anal region of a person or the breast of a female person, but does not include a depiction for a genuine family purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p>The pornography may be by electronic or other means, and includes data stored in a form that is capable of being converted into a photograph, film, image, such as a computer file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is an offence contrary to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/579\/s3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section 3<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/579\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prevention of Child Pornography Ordinance<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/579\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 579<\/a>), for any person to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>print, make, produce, reproduce, copy, import or export any child pornography,<br>(The maximum penalty on <a href=\"\/en\/usefulInfo\/Procedures-during-criminal-hearings\/Summary-conviction-and-conviction-on-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conviction on indictment<\/a> is a fine of $2,000,000 and imprisonment for 8 years; or on <a href=\"\/en\/usefulInfo\/Procedures-during-criminal-hearings\/Summary-conviction-and-conviction-on-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summary conviction<\/a> a fine of $1,000,000 and imprisonment for 3 years);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>publish any child pornography,<br>(The maximum punishment on <a href=\"\/en\/usefulInfo\/Procedures-during-criminal-hearings\/Summary-conviction-and-conviction-on-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conviction on indictment<\/a> is a fine of $2,000,000 and imprisonment for 8 years; or on <a href=\"\/en\/usefulInfo\/Procedures-during-criminal-hearings\/Summary-conviction-and-conviction-on-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summary conviction<\/a> a fine of $1,000,000 and imprisonment for 3 years);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>possess any child pornography (unless he or she is the only person pornographically depicted in the child pornography),<br>(The maximum penalty on <a href=\"\/en\/usefulInfo\/Procedures-during-criminal-hearings\/Summary-conviction-and-conviction-on-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conviction on indictment<\/a> is a fine of $1,000,000 and imprisonment for 5 years; or on <a href=\"\/en\/usefulInfo\/Procedures-during-criminal-hearings\/Summary-conviction-and-conviction-on-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summary conviction<\/a> a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for 2 years);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>publish or cause to be published any advertisement that conveys or is likely to be understood as conveying the message that any person has published, publishes or intends to publish any child pornography,<br>(The maximum punishment on <a href=\"\/en\/usefulInfo\/Procedures-during-criminal-hearings\/Summary-conviction-and-conviction-on-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conviction on indictment<\/a> is a fine of $2,000,000 and imprisonment for 8 years; or on <a href=\"\/en\/usefulInfo\/Procedures-during-criminal-hearings\/Summary-conviction-and-conviction-on-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summary conviction<\/a> a fine of $1,000,000 and imprisonment for 3 years.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A person \u201cpublishes\u201d child pornography if he or she:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>distributes, circulates, sells, hires, gives or lends the child pornography to another person; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>shows the child pornography in any manner whatsoever to another person, including publicly displaying the child pornography in any public street or pier, or public garden or any public place where the public are permitted to have access.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction \u201cChild\u201d means a person under 16 years\u2019 of age. \u201cChild pornography\u201d is defined as any photograph, film, computer generated image or other visual depiction that is a pornographic depiction of a person who is or is depicted as being a child. Pornographic depiction means a visual depiction: of a person as being engaged in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic-type":[3],"class_list":["post-557","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-type-sexual-offences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-type?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}