New Zealand Legislation: Acts

216I Prohibition on possessing intimate visual recording in certain circumstances

• (1) Everyone is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who has in his or her possession an intimate visual recording—

  • (a) for the purpose of publishing, exporting or selling the intimate visual recording; and

  • (b) knowing it to be an intimate visual recording, or being reckless as to whether it is an intimate visual recording.

  (2) Everyone is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year who, without reasonable excuse, has in his or her possession an intimate visual recording knowing it to be an intimate visual recording.

  Section 216I: inserted, on 5 December 2006, by section 4 of the Crimes (Intimate Covert Filming) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 75).