Büntető Törvénykönyv (Criminal Code), Section 204(8), Realistic Depiction of a Non-Existent Person as Child Pornography
2012. évi C. törvény (Btk.), 204. § (8) bekezdés, as recast by 2021. évi LXXIX. törvény 20. §
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In force.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not generate, acquire, offer, or make accessible a pornographic image that realistically depicts a non-existent person under eighteen; Btk. Section 204(8) extends the offense to a realistic depiction of a non-existent person, so a wholly synthetic or AI-generated image is not exempt.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Btk. Section 204(1) punishes acquiring or possessing such an image by imprisonment of one to five years, offering, transferring or making it accessible by two to eight years, and producing, marketing, trading in it or making it accessible to the public by five to ten years; Section 204(2) raises these to two to eight, five to ten, and five to fifteen years respectively where the victim is under twelve, the offender stands in a position of care, supervision or authority over the victim, or the image depicts torture or violence, among other aggravators; Section 204(3) raises the aggravated tiers further, to five to ten, five to fifteen, and five to twenty years, where the victim is under twelve and the image depicts torture or violence.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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Section 204 criminalizes acquiring, offering, producing, or distributing a pornographic image depicting a person under eighteen, with a definition, read verbatim, that reaches synthetic content without naming AI: paragraph (8) defines a pornographic image for this section to include the realistic depiction of a non-existent person or persons. A wholly AI-generated image with no real child behind it falls inside the offense on that text alone.
The current text of the 'Gyermekpornográfia' subtitle, Sections 204 and 204/A, was substituted whole by Section 20 of Act LXXIX of 2021. That Act's own Section 24(1) puts it into force on the 15th day after promulgation; the stored source for Section 204 itself does not carry that promulgation day.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
njt.jog.gov.hu, Büntető Törvénykönyv (Hungarian text, verbatim)