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Act index » Part I - Offences » Division 1 - Offences against the person » Subdivision (8D) - Child abuse material
(2)A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).
(3)It is not necessary to prove—
(a)the identity of any person to whom the material was distributed; or
(b)that another person in fact accessed the material.
(4)It is immaterial that some or all of the child abuse material was distributed outside Victoria, so long as A was in Victoria at some or all of the time at which the material was distributed.
(5)It is immaterial that A was outside Victoria at some or all of time at which the material was distributed, so long as some or all of the material was distributed in Victoria.
2Exceptions apply to this offence—see sections 51J, 51K and 51M.
3Defences apply to this offence—see sections 51L, 51P, 51Q and 51R.
4A mistaken but honest and reasonable belief that reasonable persons would not regard the child abuse material as offensive is not a defence to this offence—see section 51U.