Pornography laws by region vary throughout the world. The production and distribution of pornographic films are both activities that are legal in some but not all countries, as long as the pornography features performers above a certain age , usually 18 years. Further restrictions are often placed on such material. This page excludes child pornography and zoophilic pornography. In most cases the legality of child pornography and legality of zoophilic pornography is treated as a separate issue, and it is usually subject to its own laws.
Pasal 32 Article Production, distribution, advertisement, export, import, sale, and publication of pornographic materials in environments with children, by any means or form, shall constitute criminal contravention and shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to two years.
Production, import, offering, making available, distribution, broadcasting, use, or possession of child pornography, as well as the conscious creation of access in it, by any means or form, shall be punishable by three to ten years of imprisonment. Storage for the purpose of distribution or advertising or distribution, advertising of pornographic materials, printed publications, images, films, videos or scenes of pornographic content, other items of a pornographic nature, committed within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty for the same violations, as well as production for the purpose of distribution or advertising or broadcast or public display of pornographic materials, printed publications, images, films, videos or scenes of pornographic content, other items of a pornographic nature shall be punished by community service, or a fine, or correctional labor for up to two years, or arrest.
Sell or exhibit for sale a photograph, video or other record that contains an explicit or pornographic scene involving a child or adolescent: Penalty — imprisonment from 4 four to 8 eight years and a fine.
Offering, exchanging, making available, transmitting, distributing, publishing or disclosing by any means, including through a computer or telematic system, photography, video or other record that contains an explicit sex or pornographic scene involving a child or adolescent: Penalty — imprisonment, from 3 three to 6 six years, and fine. Possession or import of such material is illegal and punishable by a fine or up to four years imprisonment. In Egypt , it is illegal to distribute pornography.
