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South Australia
Criminal Law Consolidation (Child-Like Sex Dolls
Prohibition) Amendment Bill 2019
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Criminal
Law Consolidation Act 1935
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law
Consolidation Act 1935
4Amendment of
section 62—Interpretation
5Amendment of section 63—Production or
dissemination of child exploitation material
63AAProduction or
dissemination of child-like sex dolls
7Amendment of section 63A—Possession of
child exploitation material
63ABPossession of
child-like sex dolls
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (Child-Like Sex
Dolls Prohibition) Amendment Act 2019.
This Act will come into operation 3 months after the day on which it
is assented to by the Governor.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Criminal Law Consolidation
Act 1935
4—Amendment
of section 62—Interpretation
(1) Section 62, definition of child exploitation
material—delete the definition and substitute:
child exploitation material means material—
(a) —
(i) that—
(A) describes or depicts a child under, or apparently under, the age of
17 years engaging in sexual activity; or
(B) consists of, or contains, the image or representation of (or what
appears to be the image or representation of) a child under, or apparently
under, the age of 17 years, or the bodily parts of such a child, or in the
production of which such a child has been or appears to have been involved;
and
(ii) that is of a pornographic nature; or
(b) that is a child-like sex doll;
child-like sex doll means a doll or other object
that—
(a) resembles—
(i) a person who is, or appears to be, under 17 years of age;
or
(ii) a part of the body of such a person; and
(b) a reasonable person would consider it likely that the doll or other
object is intended to be used by a person to simulate sexual
intercourse;
(2) Section 62, definition of disseminate, paragraph
(a)—delete "exhibits," and substitute:
sells, exhibits, distributes,
(3) Section 62, definition of material, paragraph
(c)—after "sculpture," insert:
doll,
5—Amendment
of section 63—Production or dissemination of child exploitation
material
Section 63—after "child exploitation material" wherever occurring
insert:
, other than a child-like sex doll,
After section 63 insert:
63AA—Production or dissemination of child-like sex
dolls
A person who—
(a) produces, or takes any step in the production of, a child-like sex
doll; or
(b) disseminates, or takes any step in the dissemination of, a child-like
sex doll,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
7—Amendment
of section 63A—Possession of child exploitation
material
(1) Section 63A(1)(a)—after "child exploitation material"
insert:
, other than a child-like sex doll,
(2) Section 63A(1)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and
substitute:
(b) intending to obtain access to child exploitation material, other than
a child-like sex doll, obtains access, or takes a step towards obtaining access,
to child exploitation material (other than a child-like sex doll),
After section 63A insert:
63AB—Possession of child-like sex
dolls
A person who is in possession of a child-like sex doll is guilty of an
offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.