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Enacted Dáil
No. 73 of 1997

Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill 1997

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measure would make it serious offences to traffic, sexually exploit or use children in pornography, and to produce, distribute, advertise, import, sell, show or knowingly possess child pornography, including computer-generated material. It would allow Garda searches and seizures, court-ordered destruction, tougher action against companies and responsible managers, video-link evidence from children, and possible refusal of bail in serious cases.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to prohibit trafficking in, or the use of, children for the purposes of their sexual exploitation and the production, dissemination, handling or possession of child pornography, and to provide for related matters

Last updated 20 November 2019

Sponsor
  • Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill, 1997: Committee and Remaining Stages.
    Seanad
  • Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill, 1997: Second Stage.
    Seanad
  • Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill, 1997: Report and Final Stages.
    Dáil
  • Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill, 1997: Report of Select Committee.
    Dáil
  • Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill, 1997: Committee Stage.
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS
  • Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill, 1997: Order for Second Stage.
    Dáil
  • Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill, 1997 Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Child Trafficking and Pornography Bill, 1997 Referral to Select Committee.
    Dáil

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