StGB Section 207a(4)(4), Computer-Generated and Altered Child Sexual Abuse Material
StGB Sec. 207a(4)(4), BGBl. Nr. 60/1974 as amended by BGBl. I Nr. 135/2023
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In force since 1 December 2023.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not produce, offer, procure, supply, show, or otherwise make accessible a realistic image that, whether AI-generated, altered, or unaltered, creates the impression of a sexual act involving a minor, per StGB Section 207a(1) and (4)(4).
- Do not knowingly access such an image online, or possess or procure one, per StGB Section 207a(3) and (3a).
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Production, offering, or supplying such material (Section 207a(1)): imprisonment six months to three years; one to five years where many images are involved (Section 207a(1a)). Producing, importing, transporting, or exporting for distribution, or committing the offense commercially (Section 207a(2)): one to five years; one to ten years where committed as part of a criminal organization, with a specially severe consequence for the depicted minor, using serious violence, or knowingly or grossly negligently endangering the depicted minor's life; one to ten years where the distribution-purpose offense involves many images (Section 207a(2a)). Possessing or procuring an image of a minor aged 14 to 17 (Section 207a(3), first sentence): up to two years; of a minor under 14: up to three years. Knowingly accessing such an image online (Section 207a(3a)) carries the same exposure as possession under Section 207a(3). Committing the possession or online-access offense involving many images of a minor aged 14 to 17 (Section 207a(3b)): six months to three years, or six months to five years where many images of a minor under 14 are also or exclusively involved.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Ordinary criminal courts, on public prosecution.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Section 207a(4) defines image-based sexual abuse material and sexual depictions of minors to include, at Z 4, any pictorial representation whose viewing creates the impression, whether through alteration of an image or without using one at all, that it is a representation of the kind described in Z 1 to 3: a realistic depiction of a sexual act involving a person under 14, or of an event that appears to be such an act, or the same acts involving a minor between 14 and 18.
This reaches a wholly AI-generated or synthetically altered image with no underlying real depiction, on the same footing as a real photograph, provided the image is realistic. Producing such an image, or offering, procuring, supplying, showing, or otherwise making it accessible to another, is an offense under Section 207a(1). Knowingly accessing one online is a separate offense under Section 207a(3a). Merely possessing or procuring one is punishable under Section 207a(3).
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