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Old 12-31-2003, 06:31 PM
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Tasmania has its legisalation on line

This is the act on sexual acts with a young person

Criminal Code Act 1924 (No. 69 of 1924)
Requested: 01 Jan 2004, Consolidated as at: 01 Jan 2004

SCHEDULE 1 -

PART IV - ACTS INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL

Chapter XIV - Crimes Against Morality

Sexual intercourse with young person

124. (1) Any person who has unlawful sexual intercourse with another person who is under the age of 17 years is guilty of a crime.

Charge:

Sexual intercourse with a young person under the age of 17 years.
(2) It is a defence to a charge under this section to prove that the accused person believed on reasonable grounds that the other person was of or above the age of 17 years.

(3) The consent of a person against whom a crime is alleged to have been committed under this section is a defence to such a charge only where, at the time the crime was alleged to have been committed –

(a) that person was of or above the age of 15 years and the accused person was not more than 5 years older than that person; or

(b) that person was of or above the age of 12 years and the accused person was not more than 3 years older than that person.

(4) This section is to be taken to be in force from 4 April 1924.

(5) Subsection (3) is not a defence to a charge under this section in the case of anal sexual intercourse.

(6) Nothing in subsection (4) impugns or otherwise affects the lawfulness of a conviction arising from conduct that occurred before the commencement of the Criminal Code Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 1987.
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