Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 65

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person intentionally possesses pornography; and

        (b)     the pornography is child pornography.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (2)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (1) (b).

    (3)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if the defendant proves that the defendant had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the pornography concerned was child pornography.

    (4)     In this section:

"child pornography"—see section 64 (5).