Section 67A Possession or publication of pornographic images of strangulation or suffocationF1
It is an offence for a person to be in possession of an image if—
the image is pornographic, within the meaning of section 63,
the image portrays, in an explicit and realistic way, a person strangling or suffocating another person, and
a reasonable person looking at the image would think that the persons were real.
It is an offence for a person to publish an image of the kind mentioned in subsection (1).
Publishing an image includes giving or making it available to another person by any means.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to excluded images, within the meaning of section 64.
In this section “image” has the same meaning as in section 63.
Proceedings for an offence under this section may not be instituted—
in England and Wales, except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions;
in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 67A-67D inserted (E.W.N.I.) (6.11.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 104(1), 255(1)(8)(h); S.I. 2026/1090, reg. 2(a)