Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, child pornography offence
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, s. 19A (Act No. XL of 2016)
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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 produce, distribute, transmit, or possess a realistic image or video, however generated, that depicts a minor or a person appearing to be a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct; section 19A of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 reaches a realistic synthetic or AI-generated depiction on the same terms as a photograph of a real child.
What this law does
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Section 19A(1) makes it an offence to intentionally produce, offer, make available, distribute, or transmit through an information system, or procure for oneself or another, or without lawful justification possess, material in an information system that visually depicts a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, a person appearing to be a minor engaged in such conduct, a realistic image representing a minor engaged in such conduct, or that discloses the identity of the minor.
Clause (c), covering a realistic image representing a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, is not limited to a photograph of a real child and on its own terms reaches a realistic computer-generated or AI-generated depiction. The offence carries imprisonment up to seven years or a fine up to Rs 5,000,000, or both. Subsection (2) lets an aggrieved person, or a minor's guardian, apply to the Authority for removal, destruction, or blocking of the material.
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Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016
text as passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan, archived capture of the National Assembly's own document