Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 51O

    (1)     It is a defence to a charge for an offence against section 51B(1), 51C(1), 51G(1) or  51H(1) if—

        (a)     the child abuse material is an image; and

        (b)     the image depicts A as a child; and

        (c)     the image does not depict A committing a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment; and

        (d)     A does not distribute the image to any other person.

    (2)     In subsection (1) a reference to an image, in relation to an offence against section 51B(1), is a reference to the image that A involves the child in producing.

    (3)     A bears the burden of proving (on the balance of probabilities) the matter referred to in subsection (1)(b).

Notes

1     References to A in this section are references to the same A referred to in sections 51B, 51C, 51G and 51H.

2     An evidential burden applies to the matters referred to in subsection (1)(a), (c) and (d).

3     Sections 51M(1) or (2) or 51N may apply if A is a child.

S. 51P inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.