Is it illegal to be involved in pornography?

According to relevant laws and regulations, it is illegal to be involved in pornography. Whoever commits the crime of gathering people for prostitution shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Crime of selling and spreading obscene articles. Shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined.

Legal analysis

According to the relevant laws and regulations, whoring refers to the act of having sex with prostitutes by paying money and other material benefits. In practice, as long as money, property or other material interests are involved, the police will identify them as prostitution. The so-called voluntary means that prostitutes are voluntary when they have sex with others. Prostitutes can independently control and decide their own behavior, know that their behavior can bring benefits, and actively pursue such benefits. If you are forced, coerced or lured to have sex with prostitutes, then the involuntary party should not be regarded as prostitution, but should be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. As long as there is sexual organ contact, it is a sexual relationship, which may be the contact of both sexual organs, or it may be the contact of only one sexual organ. Having sex and touching sexual organs, touching one or two sexual organs, is the key to identify prostitution. If the purpose of both parties' actions is not to have sexual relations, prostitution cannot be identified. The so-called means of payment of material benefits such as money refers to the means and bids of sexual relations between prostitutes. Because what prostitutes want most is money, the material benefits paid by prostitutes are usually money.

legal ground

Article 66 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment shall be detained for more than 0/0 days/0/5 days, and a fine of less than 5,000 yuan may be imposed; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan. Whoever solicits prostitutes in public places shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan.