and manga) depicting minors? Copied from wikipedia:
Canadian laws addressing this are included in the C-46 amended Canadian Criminal Code passed in 1985. It is described under Part V: Sexual Offences, Public Morals and Disordery Conduct: Offences Tending to Corrupt Morals. Section 163.1 defines child pornography to include "a visual representation, whether or not it was made by electronic or mechanical means", that "shows a person who is or is depicted as being under the age of eighteen years and is engaged in or is depicted as engaged in explicit sexual activity", or "the dominant characteristic of which is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person under the age of eighteen years." The definitive Supreme Court of Canada decision, R. v. Sharpe, interprets the statute to include purely fictional material even when no real children were involved in its production.
Virtual child pornography is only permissible in Canada when it is strictly for private use only.[11]
What does that mean exactly?
(Notes:
-the full article can be found here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_cartoon_pornography_depicting_minors#Canada
-I want no debate here. This subject has been debated and debate all over the Internet, I'm tired of it. Just answer my question, that's all.)
Canadian laws addressing this are included in the C-46 amended Canadian Criminal Code passed in 1985. It is described under Part V: Sexual Offences, Public Morals and Disordery Conduct: Offences Tending to Corrupt Morals. Section 163.1 defines child pornography to include "a visual representation, whether or not it was made by electronic or mechanical means", that "shows a person who is or is depicted as being under the age of eighteen years and is engaged in or is depicted as engaged in explicit sexual activity", or "the dominant characteristic of which is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person under the age of eighteen years." The definitive Supreme Court of Canada decision, R. v. Sharpe, interprets the statute to include purely fictional material even when no real children were involved in its production.
Virtual child pornography is only permissible in Canada when it is strictly for private use only.[11]
What does that mean exactly?
(Notes:
-the full article can be found here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_cartoon_pornography_depicting_minors#Canada
-I want no debate here. This subject has been debated and debate all over the Internet, I'm tired of it. Just answer my question, that's all.)