Jersey Law 31/1999
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN (AMENDMENT No. 2) (JERSEY) LAW 1999
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A LAW to
amend further the Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994; sanctioned by Order
of Her Majesty in Council of the
12th day of OCTOBER 1999
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(Registered on the 5th day of November 1999)
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STATES OF JERSEY
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The 25th day of May
1999
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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of
Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –
ARTICLE
1
In paragraph (3) of Article 5 of the Protection of Children
(Jersey) Law 1994, as amended (hereinafter referred
to as “the principal Law”), for the definition of “the
Magistrate” there shall be substituted the following definition –
“ ‘the Magistrate’ has the meaning assigned by
Article 1 of the Magistrate’s Court (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey)
Law 1949;”.
ARTICLE
2
In Article 6 of the principal Law –
(a) for
paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs –
“(8) Where
a person is convicted under paragraph (1) of Article 2 of an offence, the court
by which he is convicted shall order that any indecent photographs or
pseudo-photographs of children in the possession of the prosecution for or in
connection with the prosecution of the offence shall be forfeited.
(8A) Where
a person –
(a) charged
with an offence under sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Article 2, proves
in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3) of Article 2 that the
photographs or pseudo-photographs were sent to him without prior request made
by him or on his behalf and that he had not kept them for an unreasonable time;
or
(b) charged
with an offence under sub-paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of paragraph (1) of
Article 2, proves in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4) of
Article 2 that he had not seen the photographs or pseudo-photographs and did
not know, nor had any cause to suspect, them to be indecent,
and the person is accordingly acquitted of the charge, the court by
which he is acquitted may nevertheless order that any indecent photographs or
pseudo-photographs of children in the possession of the prosecution for, or in
connection with, the prosecution shall be forfeited.”;
(b) for
paragraph (11) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –
“(11) In
this Article, except in paragraphs (8) and (8A), ‘the court’ means
the Magistrate’s Court.”.
ARTICLE
3
This Law may be cited as the Protection of Children (Amendment No.
2) (Jersey) Law 1999.
G.H.C. COPPOCK
Greffier of the States.