Section 293D
Defence
of Penal Code
ActIn forceProvision 280 of 505
Section 293D
It is not a defence to a charge under sections 293A and 293B in respect of a photograph or pseudo-photograph that the accused believed that a person shown in the photograph or pseudo-photograph was or was depicted as being the age of 18 years or more unless the accused took all reasonable steps to ensure that, where the person was the age of 18 years or more, the photograph or pseudo-photograph did not depict that person as being under the age of 18 years.