Criminal Code Act 1995

Div 270 heading substituted by No 34 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 6 item 5, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 23 May 2018. The heading formerly read:

Division 270 - Slavery and slavery like conditions

Div 270 heading substituted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 7, applicable in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth committed (or alleged to have been committed) on or after 8 March 2013. The heading formerly read:

Division 270 - Slavery, sexual servitude and deceptive recruiting

Subdiv C heading substituted by No 34 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 6 item 8, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 23 May 2018. The heading formerly read:

Subdivision C - Slavery like conditions

Subdiv C heading inserted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 12, applicable in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth committed (or alleged to have been committed) on or after 8 March 2013.

S 270.9 substituted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 12, applicable in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth committed (or alleged to have been committed) on or after 8 March 2013. S 270.9 formerly read:

SECTION 270.9 Alternative verdict if aggravated offence not proven  
270.9
If, on a trial for an aggravated offence against section 270.6 or 270.7 , the jury is not satisfied that the defendant is guilty of an aggravated offence, but is otherwise satisfied that he or she is guilty of an offence against that section, it may find the defendant not guilty of the aggravated offence but guilty of an offence against that section.