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The Dangerous Pictures
Act
The UK Government passed the Criminal Justice & Immigration
Act 2008 criminalising the possession of adult, staged, consensual violent pornography
with draconian penalties
of up to 3 years in prison. The law also bans images of bestiality and
necrophilia.
The law applies to England, Wales & Northern Ireland
See Document Index
Public Consultation:
A biased
Government consultation was initiated in 2005 but the unsupportive
responses were sidestepped.
| Support for proposed law? |
No
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Yes |
| Individuals |
223 |
90 |
| Organisations |
18 |
53 |
| Totals |
241 |
143 |
The Government
then recruited a team of feminists to try and bolster
their case with a discredited
Rapid Evidence Assessment.
Current Status:
The Dangerous Pictures
chapter of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 came into force on January 26th 2009.
Government guidance [pdf] has been published to further explain
what images are considered dangerous to possess.
See also CPS
Extreme Pornography: Legal Guidance
Scotland
Public Consultation:
The Scottish government published its extreme pornography proposal in March
2009.
Responses were published by the Scottish Parliament
in May 2009.
Current Status:
The bill was passed in June 2010 to become the
Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 [pdf].
The clause
came into force on 28th March 2011.
Public guidance has now been published by the Scottish Government
Campaigners:
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