Section 136 of the Electronic Transactions Act: Child pornography
(1) A person who intentionally does any of the following acts:
(a) publishes child pornography through a computer;
(b) produces or procures child pornography for the purpose of its publication through a computer system; or
(c) possesses child pornography in a computer system or on a computer or electronic record storage medium
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than five thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not more than ten years or to both.
(2) In this section:
“child pornography” includes material that visually depicts
(a) a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct;
(b) a person who appears to be a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct;
(c) images representing a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and
(d) unauthorised images of nude children;
“child” means a person below eighteen years;
“publish” means
(a) distribute, transmit, disseminate, circulate, deliver, exhibit, lend for gain, exchange, barter, sell or offer for sale, let on hire or offer to let on hire, offer in any other way, or make available in any way;
(b) have in possession or custody, or under control, for the purpose of doing an act referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c) print, photograph, copy or make in any other manner whether of the same or of a different kind or nature to carry out an act referred to in paragraph (a).
