Editing Canadian Bill S-209 (section)

==Defenses==
Under the Act, there are two listed defences; 

"'''Defence — age verification or age estimation 7 (1)''' It is not a defence to a charge under section 5 that the organization believed that the young person referred to in that section was at least 18 years of age unless the organization implemented a prescribed age-verification 30 or age-estimation method to limit access to the pornographic material made available for commercial purposes to individuals who are at least 18 years of age."<ref name=":0" />

And; 

"'''Defence — legitimate purpose (2)''' No organization shall be convicted of an offence under section 5 if the act that is alleged to constitute the offence has a legitimate purpose related to science, medicine, education or the arts."<ref name=":0" />

The first defence, in plain English, says that a company CANNOT use the defence that they ''thought'' someone was over the age of 18, having not used the Age Verification or Age Estimation services. The second defence is more easy to read, and prohibits the conviction of an offence of 'making available' 'pornographic content' for the legitimate purpose of science, medicine, education, or arts. 

This sounds great, however in Canadian Law, defences can only be claimed ''after'' a charge has been laid. So an organization who provides such material for a purpose of science, medicine, education, or arts, much be brought to a federal court first to them lay their defence. But as described in the next section, there are some steps that must be taken before anyone goes to court.