Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-196g

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.
Section 53a-196g - [Effective 10/1/2024] Possessing child pornography: Affirmative defenses

In any prosecution for a violation of section 53a-196d, 53a-196e, 53a-196f , or 53a-196h, it shall be an affirmative defense that (1) the defendant (A) possessed fewer than three visual depictions, other than a series of images in electronic, digital or other format, which is intended to be displayed continuously, or a film or videotape, of child sexual abuse material, (B) did not knowingly purchase, procure, solicit or request such visual depictions or knowingly take any other action to cause such visual depictions to come into the defendant's possession, and (C) promptly and in good faith, and without retaining or allowing any person, other than a law enforcement agency, to access any visual depiction or copy thereof, took reasonable steps to destroy each such visual depiction or reported the matter to a law enforcement agency and afforded that agency access to each such visual depiction, or (2) the defendant possessed a visual depiction of a nude person under sixteen years of age for a bona fide artistic, medical, scientific, educational, religious, governmental or judicial purpose.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-196g

( P.A. 04-139 , S. 7 ; P.A. 10-191 , S. 5 ; P.A. 14-192 , S. 4 .)

Amended by P.A. 24-0118,S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2024.
Amended by P.A. 14-0192, S. 4 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2014.
Amended by P.A. 10-0191, S. 5 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2010.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.