Tabled by
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
183: After Clause 152, insert the following new Clause—
“Disclosure of private sexual photographs and films without consent
(1) The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 33 (disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress)—
(a) in subsection (1), after “disclose” insert “or threaten to disclose”;
(b) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), after “distress” insert “or recklessness as to such distress being caused”;
(c) after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) It is also an offence to promote, solicit or profit from a private and sexual photograph or film that has been disclosed without the consent of an individual who appears in the photograph or film, knowing or believing that the same has been disclosed without such consent and with the intent to cause that individual distress, or recklessness as to such distress being caused.”;
(d) omit subsection (8).
(3) In section 35, omit subsections (4) and (5).”