http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/section/64/2010-04-06Coroners and Justice Act 2009An Act to amend the law relating to coroners, to investigation of deaths and to certification and registration of deaths; to amend the criminal law; to make provision about criminal justice and about dealing with offenders; to make provision about the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses; to make provision relating to the security of court and other buildings; to make provision about legal aid and about payments for legal services provided in connection with employment matters; to make provision for payments to be made by offenders in respect of benefits derived from the exploitation of material pertaining to offences; to amend the Data Protection Act 1998; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-09-27Expert Participation2010-04-06 Part 2 Criminal offencesChapter 2Images of children<Emphasis>Prohibited images</Emphasis>Defences641Where a person is charged with an offence under section 62(1), it is a defence for the person to prove any of the following matters—athat the person had a legitimate reason for being in possession of the image concerned;bthat the person had not seen the image concerned and did not know, nor had any cause to suspect, it to be a prohibited image of a child;cthat the person—iwas sent the image concerned without any prior request having been made by or on behalf of the person, andiidid not keep it for an unreasonable time.2In this section “prohibited image” has the same meaning as in section 62.S. 64 in force at 6.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/816, art. 2, Sch. para. 1
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