Schedule
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The Criminal Code
Section
3
CHAPTER 8
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OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELATED OFFENCES
Division 271
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Trafficking in persons
History
Div 271 heading substituted by No 34 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 6 item 10, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 23 May 2018. The heading formerly read:
Division 271
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Trafficking in persons and debt bondage
Div 271 inserted by No 96 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 item 9, effective 3 August 2005.
Subdivision D
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Offences against Division 271: general
History
Subdiv D heading substituted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 43, 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:
Subdivision D
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General provisions relating to offences under this Division
Subdiv D inserted by No 96 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 item 9, effective 3 August 2005.
SECTION 271.11
271.11
Jurisdictional requirements
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offences of domestic trafficking in persons or organs
A person commits an offence against section
271.5
,
271.6
,
271.7
,
271.7D
or
271.7E
only if one or more of the following paragraphs applies:
(a)
the conduct constituting the offence occurs to any extent outside Australia;
(b)
the conduct constituting the offence involves transportation across State borders, either for reward or in connection with a commercial arrangement;
(c)
the conduct constituting the offence occurs within a Territory or involves transportation to or from a Territory;
(d)
the conduct constituting the offence is engaged in by, or on behalf of, a constitutional corporation, or in circumstances where the victims of the trafficking conduct were intended to be employed by a constitutional corporation;
(e)
some of the conduct constituting the offence is engaged in by communication using a postal, telegraphic or telephonic service within the meaning of paragraph
51(v)
of the Constitution;
(f)
the victim of the conduct constituting the offence is an alien.
History
S 271.11 amended by No 113 of 2023, s 3 and Sch 5 item 1, by omitting
"
for the purposes of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution
"
after
"
offence is an alien
"
from para (f), effective 12 December 2023.
S 271.11 amended by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 47, by substituting
"
, 271.7, 271.7D or 271.7E
"
for
"
or 271.7
"
, 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.
S 271.11 inserted by No 96 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 item 9, effective 3 August 2005.