Volume 132, Issue 86A
Royal Gazette
8 September 2558
Note: The grounds for promulgation of this Act are as follows: Possession of child pornography amounts to violation of fundamental rights of children according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and is a factor contributing to sexual abuse of children and affecting the welfare of children. In addition, the offences relating to trading in or circulating obscene objects or materials do not distinguish child pornography from adult pornography, despite the fact that their criminal characteristics are of different degrees of severity. Accordingly, in order to furnish children with greater protection and prevention from sexual abuse, it is appropriate to designate the offences relating to trading in or circulating obscene objects or materials which are child pornography as offences for which offenders will be faced with higher punishment, and [it is appropriate] to criminalise the possession and forwarding of child pornography. Therefore, it is necessary to enact this Act.
