Criminal Code Art. 309(2), Dealing in Child Sexual Abuse Material Including Simulated Depictions
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In force since 1 February 2025.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not produce, acquire, possess, exhibit, advertise, offer, or distribute pornographic material depicting a child, or a person presented as a child, including material generated or manipulated by an application; this exposes criminal liability of up to four years' imprisonment, or up to five years for a large quantity of material depicting a minor, and a legal entity is also liable, under Criminal Code Art. 309.
If you get it wrong
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Criminal exposure note
Criminal Code Art. 309(2) punishes producing, acquiring, possessing, exhibiting, advertising, offering, or distributing child pornographic material, including material in which a person is presented as a child, with a fine, restriction of liberty, arrest, or imprisonment for up to four years; Art. 309(3) raises this to imprisonment for up to five years for a large quantity of material depicting a minor. A legal entity is also liable under Art. 309(5).
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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Criminal Code Art. 309(2) bans producing, acquiring, possessing, exhibiting, advertising, offering, or distributing pornographic material depicting a child, or a person presented as a child, or using information and communication technologies to acquire or provide access to such material, punishable by a fine, restriction of liberty, arrest, or imprisonment for up to four years.
The 'person presented as a child' wording reaches a simulated or artificially generated depiction and does not require the material to show a real child. Article 309(3) raises the maximum to five years' imprisonment for producing, acquiring, or distributing a large quantity of material depicting a minor. A legal entity is also liable under Article 309(5).
This is a general criminal-law prohibition rather than an AI-specific statute, and it binds any person regardless of the tool used to produce the material.
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Read the law
Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, Art. 309, INFOLEX mirror of the official text