Computer Crime and Cybercrime Act, 2022, Pornography Distribution and Labeling
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In force since 4 March 2022.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Section 15(1) makes it an offence for a person to distribute, publish, advertise, or expose pornographic material to a child or to an adult without that adult's consent; to publish or exhibit pornographic material without printing the publisher's name and prescribed address particulars, or without indicating the material's age restriction or consumer advice; or to broadcast a pornographic film, publicly or privately, to children or non-consenting adults.
Each of these is punishable, on conviction, by a fine of up to E100,000 or imprisonment of up to one year, or both; section 15(2) applies the same penalty where the offender has parental power or control over the child concerned. "Child" is defined, for the whole Act, as a person under the age of eighteen years (s. 2).
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Section 15(1): a fine of up to E100,000 or imprisonment of up to one year, or both, on conviction. Section 15(2) applies the same penalty where the offender has parental power or control over the child concerned.
Penalty structure
Section 15(1)'s fine caps at E100,000, alongside imprisonment of up to one year, or both. Section 15(2) sets an identical cap for a parent or guardian who commits the same offence against the child in their power or control; the text does not raise the ceiling for that aggravating circumstance.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- SZL
- Fixed cap
- 100,000
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
Read the law
Computer Crime and Cybercrime Act
2022, official Government Gazette Extraordinary text hosted by the Eswatini Communications Commission (ESCCOM)