Cybercrime Law, Ban on Real, Virtual, and Simulated Depictions of a Minor
Law No. 17 of 2023 on Cybercrime, Art. 13
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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 send, publish, produce, store, process, display, print, buy, sell, transmit, or promote a sexually stimulating image, recording, or drawing of a real, virtual, or simulated sexual act of a person under eighteen years of age, and do not possess such content.
- This ban reaches a synthetic or AI-generated depiction of a minor exactly as it reaches an authentic photograph or recording.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Article 13(b) punishes producing, distributing, or otherwise dealing in a real, virtual, or simulated sexual depiction of a person under eighteen with imprisonment of at least one year and a fine of 6,000 to 30,000 Dinars; the penalty rises to at least two years and a fine of 9,000 to 30,000 Dinars where the content is designed to lure the juvenile or the purpose is to incite or exploit him; mere possession is punished separately with imprisonment of at least six months or a fine of 3,000 to 6,000 Dinars.
Penalty structure
Three tiers by conduct: producing, distributing, or otherwise dealing in the banned content carries imprisonment of at least one year and a fine of 6,000-30,000 Dinars; the aggravated form (content designed to lure, incite, or exploit the juvenile) carries at least two years and a fine of 9,000-30,000 Dinars; mere possession carries at least six months or a fine of 3,000-6,000 Dinars.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Minimum
- 3,000
- Currency
- JOD
- Fixed cap
- 30,000
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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Article 13(b) punishes, with imprisonment of at least one year and a fine of 6,000 to 30,000 Dinars, sending, publishing, producing, or possessing content that is a sexually stimulating image, recording, or drawing of sexual organs, or a real, virtual, or simulated sexual act, of a juvenile under eighteen years of age.
The same article raises the penalty to at least two years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 to 30,000 Dinars where the content is designed to lure the juvenile or the purpose is to incite or exploit him, and separately punishes mere possession of such content with imprisonment of at least six months or a fine of 3,000 to 6,000 Dinars.
Because the offense names "virtual" and "simulated" sexual acts alongside "real" ones, it reaches a synthetic or computer-generated depiction of a minor exactly as it reaches an authentic photograph or recording, without requiring proof that any real child was involved in producing the image.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Unofficial English translation of the Cybercrime Law, Law No. 17 of 2023, published by the Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA)
Arabic is the statute's authentic language and an official Arabic or English text was not independently read within this visit's tools