s 7 Using a child in making, producing, directing the making or production of, etc., child pornography
Any person who uses or causes to be used a child in the preparation to make or produce, or in the preparation to direct the making or production of, or in the making or production of, or in the directing of the making or production of, any child pornography commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years and shall also be punished with whipping of not less than five strokes. Explanation—This section does not apply where the preparation to make or produce or the preparation to direct the making or production of child pornography or where the making or production or the directing of the making or production of child pornography uses or causes to be used a person appearing to be a child. ILLUSTRATIONS (a) A entices Z, a child through a fake singing competition advertisement and uses Z in making child pornography. A is guilty of an offence under this section by using a child in the making of child pornography. A is also guilty of an offence under section 5 by making child pornography. (b) A offers his six-year-old daughter Z, to B for Z to act in child pornography for a certain amount of money. Z acts in child pornography that B produces. A is guilty of an offence under this section by causing Z, a child to be used in the production of child pornography. B is guilty of an offence under this section by using Z, a child, in the production of child pornography and under section 5 by producing child pornography.