A. Any person who shall procure or cause the participation of any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years in any child pornography or who knowingly possesses, procures, or manufactures, or causes to be sold or distributed any child pornography shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years or by the imposition of a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or by both said fine and imprisonment. Persons convicted under this section shall not be eligible for a deferred sentence. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violation of this subsection shall be required to serve a term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.

B. The consent of the minor, or of the mother, father, legal guardian, or custodian of the minor to the activity prohibited by this section shall not constitute a defense.

Added by Laws 1978, c. 24, § 1, emerg. eff. March 13, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 91, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1986, c. 87, § 2, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1996, c. 37, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 277, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 180, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 208, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2007, c. 261, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 277 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.