- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
Dyma’r fersiwn wreiddiol (fel y’i gwnaed yn wreiddiol).
(1)Any person who—
(a)takes, or permits to be taken, any indecent photograph of a child (meaning, in this section a person under the age of 16);
(b)distributes or shows such an indecent photograph ;
(c)has in his possession such an indecent photograph with a view to its being distributed or shown by himself or others; or
(d)publishes or causes to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that the advertiser distributes or shows such an indecent photograph, or intends to do so
shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(2)In proceedings under this section a person is to be taken as having been a child at any material time if it appears from the evidence as a whole that he was then under the age of 16.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 289B of the [1975 c. 21.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (at the passing of this Act £1,000) or to both ;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
(4)For the purposes of this section, a person is to be regarded as distributing an indecent photograph if he parts with possession of it to, or exposes or offers it for acquisition by, another person.
(5)Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (1)(b) or (c) above, it shall be a defence for him to prove—
(a)that he had a legitimate reason for distributing or showing the photograph or (as the case may be) having it in his possession ; or
(b)that he had not himself seen the photograph and did not know, nor had any cause to suspect, it to be indecent.
(6)In paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the [1952 c. 67.] Visiting Forces Act 1952 (offences against the person in the case of which a member of a visiting force is in certain circumstances not liable to be tried by a United Kingdom court), the word " and " immediately preceding sub-paragraph (b)(iii) shall be omitted and after the said sub-paragraph (i)(iii) there shall be added—
“(iv)section 52(1)(a) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.”.
(7)References in the [1975 c. 21.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (except in sections 171 and 368 thereof) to the offences mentioned in Schedule 1 to that Act shall include an offence under subsection (1)(a) above.
(8)In this section—
(a)references to an indecent photograph include an indecent film, a copy of an indecent photograph or film and an indecent photograph comprised in a film;
(b)a photograph (including one comprised in a film) shall, if it shows a child and is indecent, be treated for all purposes of this section as an indecent photograph of a child;
(c)references to a photograph include the negative as well as the positive version ;
(d)" film " includes any form of video-recording.
Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (diwygiedig):Y fersiwn ddiweddaraf sydd ar gael o’r ddeddfwriaeth yn cynnwys newidiadau a wnaed gan ddeddfwriaeth ddilynol ac wedi eu gweithredu gan ein tîm golygyddol. Gellir gweld y newidiadau nad ydym wedi eu gweithredu i’r testun eto yn yr ardal ‘Newidiadau i Ddeddfwriaeth’.
Gwreiddiol (Fel y’i Deddfwyd neu y’i Gwnaed): Mae'r wreiddiol fersiwn y ddeddfwriaeth fel ag yr oedd pan gafodd ei deddfu neu eu gwneud. Ni wnaed unrhyw newidiadau i’r testun.
Gallwch wneud defnydd o ddogfennau atodol hanfodol a gwybodaeth ar gyfer yr eitem ddeddfwriaeth o’r tab hwn. Yn ddibynnol ar yr eitem ddeddfwriaeth sydd i’w gweld, gallai hyn gynnwys:
Defnyddiwch y ddewislen hon i agor dogfennau hanfodol sy’n cyd-fynd â’r ddeddfwriaeth a gwybodaeth am yr eitem hon o ddeddfwriaeth. Gan ddibynnu ar yr eitem o ddeddfwriaeth sy’n cael ei gweld gall hyn gynnwys:
liciwch ‘Gweld Mwy’ neu ddewis ‘Rhagor o Adnoddau’ am wybodaeth ychwanegol gan gynnwys