37 Possession of pornographic images of rape and assault by penetration
Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (2015 c 2) | Legislation

37  Possession of pornographic images of rape and assault by penetration

(1)     Part 5 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 63 (possession of extreme pornographic images)—

(a)     after subsection (5) insert—

“(5A)     In relation to possession of an image in England and Wales, an “extreme image” is an image which—

(a)     falls within subsection (7) or (7A), and

(b)     is grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character.”,

(b)     in subsection (6), for “An” substitute “In relation to possession of an image in Northern Ireland, an”, and

(c)     after subsection (7) insert—

“(7A)     An image falls within this subsection if it portrays, in an explicit and realistic way, either of the following—

(a)     an act which involves the non-consensual

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