S 50BA repealed by No 42 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 15 April 2010. S 50BA formerly read:
SECTION 50BA Sexual intercourse with child under 16
(1)
A person must not, while outside Australia, engage in sexual intercourse with a person who is under 16.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.
(2)
For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), absolute liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence:
(a)
that the sexual intercourse is engaged in outside Australia;
(b)
that the person referred to in that subsection as being under 16 is in fact under 16.
Note 1:
For
absolute liability
, see section
6.2
of the
Criminal Code
.
Note 2:
For a defence based on belief about age, see section
50CA
.
History
S 50BA(2) inserted by No 24 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 10 item 65. For application provisions, see note under s 3BA.
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