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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 3 March 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.


Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

moved Amendment No. 125B: 125B: Clause 113, page 80, line 14, leave out subsection (6) and insert— ““(5A) An ““extreme image”” is an image which— (a) falls within subsection (6), and (b) is grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character. (6) An image falls within this subsection if it portrays, in an explicit and realistic way, any of the following— (a) an act which threatens a person’s life, (b) an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a person’s anus, breast or genitals, (c) an act which involves sexual interference with a human corpse, or (d) a person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive), and a reasonable person looking at the image would think that any such person or animal was real.”” On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendments Nos. 126 to 130 not moved.] Clause 113, as amended, agreed to. Clause 114 [Exclusion of classified films etc.]: [Amendment No. 131 not moved.]


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
699 c912 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Compensation Criminal proceedings Administration of justice Homosexuality Fines Discrimination Pornography Prostitution Miscarriages of justice Paedophilia Young offenders Sexuality
Legislation
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
Link
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