Any person who shall procure or cause the participation of any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years in any child pornography or who knowingly possesses, procures, or manufactures, or causes to be sold or distributed any child pornography shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years or by the imposition of a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or by both said fine and imprisonment. Persons convicted under this section shall not be eligible for a deferred sentence. The consent of the minor, or of the mother, father, legal guardian, or custodian of the minor to the activity prohibited by this section shall not constitute a defense.

Historical Data

Laws 1978, HB 1520, c. 24, § 1, emerg. eff. March 13, 1978; Amended by Laws 1984, HB 1779, c. 91, § 2, eff. November 1, 1984; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1972, c. 87, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2506, c. 37, § 2, eff. November 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 277, emerg. eff. July 1, 1997 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 180, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2000, HB 2104, c. 208, § 3, eff. November 1, 2000 (superseded document available).