Sec. 53a-196g. Possessing child pornography: Affirmative defenses.
Sec. 53a-196g. Possessing child pornography: Affirmative defenses. In any
prosecution for a violation of section 53a-196d, 53a-196e or 53a-196f, it shall be an
affirmative defense that (1) the defendant (A) possessed fewer than three visual depictions of child pornography, (B) did not knowingly purchase, procure, solicit or request
such visual depictions or knowingly take any other action to cause such visual depictions
to come into the defendant's possession, and (C) promptly and in good faith, and without
retaining or allowing any person, other than a law enforcement agency, to access any
visual depiction or copy thereof, took reasonable steps to destroy each such visual depiction or reported the matter to a law enforcement agency and afforded that agency access
to each such visual depiction, or (2) the defendant possessed a visual depiction of a nude
person under sixteen years of age for a bona fide artistic, medical, scientific, educational,
religious, governmental or judicial purpose.
(P.A. 04-139, S. 7.)