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The Court before which a person is convicted of an offence may, in addition to any other
penalty imposed, order the forfeiture of any apparatus, article or thing which is the
subject matter of the offence or is used in connection with the commission of the
offence.
22.
Consequential amendments
(1)
The Child Protection Act is amended (a)
in section 2 by inserting the following definitions in their proper
alphabetical order “film” has the meaning assigned to it by the Films Act 2002;
“indecent photograph” includes an indecent film, a copy of an indecent
photograph or film, and an indecent photograph comprised in a film;
“photograph” includes (a)
the negative as well as the positive version; and
(b)
data stored on a computer disc or by other electronic means which
is capable of conversion into a photograph;
“pseudo-photograph” means an image, whether made by computer
graphics or by any other means, which appears to be a photograph;
(b)
by inserting immediately after section 14, the following new section 15.
Indecent photographs of children
(1)
Any person who (a)
takes or permits to be taken or to make, any indecent
photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child;
(b)
distributes or shows such indecent photograph or
pseudo-photograph;
(c)
has in his possession such indecent photograph or
pseudo-photographs, with a view to it being
distributed or shown by himself or any other person;
or
(d)
publishes or causes to be published any
advertisement likely to be understood as conveying
that the advertiser distributes or shows such indecent