Crimes Act 1914
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Pt IIIA repealed by No 42 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 15 April 2010.
Div 2 repealed by No 42 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 15 April 2010.
S 50BD repealed by No 42 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 15 April 2010. S 50BD formerly read:
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 years. S 50BD(1) amended by No 24 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 10 item 68, by inserting the penalty. For application provisions, see note under s 3BA. For
absolute liability
, see section
6.2
of the
Criminal Code
. For a defence based on belief about age, see section
50CA
.
SECTION 50BD Inducing child under 16 to be involved in sexual conduct
(1)
A person (the
first person
) must not induce a person who is under 16 to commit, to submit to, or to be present while a third person commits, an act of indecency that:
(a)
is committed outside Australia and in the presence of the first person; and
(b)
is not committed by or on the first person.
(1A)
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 act of indecency is committed outside Australia;
(b)
that the person referred to in that subsection as being under 16 is in fact under 16;
(c)
that the act of indecency referred to in that subsection is in fact an act of indecency.
Note 1:
Note 2:
S 50BD(1A) inserted by No 24 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 10 item 69. For application provisions, see note under s 3BA.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 years.
For absolute liability , see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .
For a defence based on belief about age, see section 50CA .
S 50BD(3) inserted by No 24 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 10 item 70. For application provisions, see note under s 3BA.
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