# Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024

- **Jurisdiction:** Australia (AU)
- **Type:** Law · **Status:** In force · **Binding:** yes
- **Issued by:** Parliament of Australia; Attorney-General's Department
- **Proposed:** — · **Adopted:** 2 Sep 2024 · **Effective:** 3 Sep 2024
- **Obligations:** Prohibited uses, Penalties
- **Sectors:** Media, Consumer
- **Penalties:** Up to 6 years' imprisonment; aggravated offences up to 7 years.

## Summary
Creates Commonwealth offences for transmitting sexual material depicting adults without their consent using a carriage service, expressly covering material created or altered with technology such as AI deepfakes, with aggravated offences where the person also created the material.

## Why it matters
Generating or sharing non-consensual sexual deepfakes of adults is a federal crime in Australia.

## Source
[Federal Register of Legislation](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A00078/asmade)
Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Act No. 78, 2024 (assented 2 Sep 2024); the whole Act commenced the day after Royal Assent, 3 Sep 2024 (s 2 commencement table).

## Cite
Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Act 2024. Parliament of Australia; Attorney-General's Department. Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/au-criminal-code-deepfake-sexual-material-act-2024/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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