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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
Serial 50
Criminal
Code Amendment (Child Sexual Offence) Bill
2009
Ms
Carney
A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (CHILD SEXUAL OFFENCE) BILL 2009
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Act No. [ ] of 2009
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Table of provisions
NORTHERN
TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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Act No. [ ] of 2009
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code
[Assented to [ ] 2009]
[Second reading [ ] 2009]
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Child Sexual Offence) Act 2009.
This Act commences on the date fixed by the Administrator by Gazette notice.
This Act amends the Criminal Code.
4 Amendment of section 127 (Sexual intercourse or gross indecency involving child under 16 years)
After section 127(4)
insert
(4A) It is also a defence to a charge of a crime defined by this section to prove:
(a) the child was of or above the age of 14 years; and
(b) the age difference between the accused person and the child is no more than 2 years; and
(c) there was no coercion of the child, by the accused person or another person, to engage in the sexual intercourse or act of gross indecency.
(4B) Subsection (4A) applies even if the crime defined by this section is alleged to have been committed before the commencement of that subsection.
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