Photographs of Children - where do you stand
(Read the full article...)Photographs of Children - where do you stand? Section 45 of the Sex Offences Act 2003 amended S.1. Protection of Children Act (POCA) 1978 in May 2004 by raising the age of a `child' from 16 to 18. Now section 1 POCA 1978 makes it an offence to; take, make, allow to take, distribute, show, possess with intent to distribute, or advertise indecent photos or pseudo-photographs of children under the age of 18. That means, by knowingly looking at an indecent image of a child you are breaking the law in this country. Making or downloading potentially illegal child abuse images is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.