Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 8 - OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELATED OFFENCES  

Division 271 - Trafficking in persons  

Subdivision D - Offences against Division 271: general  

SECTION 271.11  

271.11   Jurisdictional requirements - 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.




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