Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 202

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 493

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 11, DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each House thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Chapter 5, Title 11, Delaware Code by adding a new section to read as follows:

§1111. Possession of child pornography; class A misdemeanor.

A person is guilty of possession of child pornography by knowingly possessing any visual matter depicting a child engaging In a prohibited sexual act or In the simulation of such an act.

Possession of child pornography is a Class A misdemeanor."

Approved April 18, 1990.