Timor-LestePenal Code, Article 176 (Child Pornography)
Penal Code of Timor-Leste (Decree-Law No. 19/2009), Article 176
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In force since 7 June 2009.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not use an AI system to generate, expose, or represent a minor under 17 performing real or simulated sexual activity, or to exhibit the sexual activity or sexual organs of a minor by any other means.
- Do not produce, distribute, disseminate, import, export, offer, sell, or possess any image, video, or file containing such content, whether the depicted minor is a real person or not.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Article 176(1) and 176(2) each carry 3 to 10 years imprisonment; no fine is stated as an alternative or in addition to imprisonment for either subarticle.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Article 176 punishes using, exposing or representing a minor performing sexual activity, and producing, distributing or possessing material for that purpose. Neither subarticle creates a duty to keep, create or produce a compliance log or record; the 'document or record' language in subarticle (2) names the medium the offence covers (an object the crime is committed with or through), not something a person must keep.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 22 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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Article 176(1) punishes with 3 to 10 years imprisonment any person who, for predominantly sexual purposes, uses, exposes, or represents a minor aged less than 17 years performing any sexual activity, whether real or simulated, or by any other means exhibits the sexual activity or sexual organs of a minor.
Article 176(2) applies the same penalty to producing, distributing, disseminating, importing, exporting, offering, selling, or possessing any medium of communication, instrument, document, or record for those purposes or with the aim of disseminating such acts.
The article's own text does not require the depicted minor to be a real, identifiable person, so its "whether real or simulated" and "by any other means" language reaches a computer-generated or AI-synthesised depiction of a child in the same terms as one derived from a real photograph.
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