Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 8 - OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELATED OFFENCES  

Division 271 - Trafficking in persons  

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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 - 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 BA - Organ trafficking  

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Subdiv BA inserted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 38, 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.

SECTION 271.7D  

271.7D   Offence of domestic organ trafficking  

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A person (the offender ) commits an offence of domestic organ trafficking if:

(a) the offender engages in conduct consisting of the organisation, or facilitation, of the transportation or proposed transportation of another person (the victim) from one place in Australia to another place in Australia; and

(b) the offender is reckless as to whether the conduct will result in the removal of an organ of the victim contrary to this Subdivision, by the offender or another person, after or in the course of that transportation.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 years.

Note:

For when the removal of an organ is contrary to this Subdivision, see section 271.7A .

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S 271.7D inserted by No 6 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 38, 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.

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