Rape/Sexual & Assault
Sexual Offences
CRIMINAL CODE 1899 – SECT 349 Rape
- Any person who rapes another person is guilty of a crime.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—life imprisonment.
2. A person rapes another person if—
(a) the person has carnal knowledge with or of the other person without the other person’s consent; or
(b) the person penetrates the vulva, vagina or anus of the other person to any extent with a thing or a part of the person’s body that is not a penis without the other person’s consent; or
(c) the person penetrates the mouth of the other person to any extent with the person’s penis without the other person’s consent.
CRIMINAL CODE 1899 – SECT 352 Sexual assaults
(1) Any person who—
(a) unlawfully and indecently assaults another person; or
(b) procures another person, without the person’s consent—
(i) to commit an act of gross indecency; or
(ii) to witness an act of gross indecency by the person or any other person;
is guilty of a crime.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—10 years imprisonment.
(2) However, the offender is liable to a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment for an offence defined in subsection (1) (a) or (1) (b) (i) if the indecent assault or act of gross indecency includes bringing into contact any part of the genitalia or the anus of a person with any part of the mouth of a person.
(3) Further, the offender is liable to a maximum penalty of life imprisonment if—
(a) immediately before, during, or immediately after, the offence, the offender is, or pretends to be, armed with a dangerous or offensive weapon, or is in company with any other person; or
(b) for an offence defined in subsection (1) (a) , the indecent assault includes the person who is assaulted penetrating the offender’s vagina, vulva or anus to any extent with a thing or a part of the person’s body that is not a penis; or
(c) for an offence defined in subsection (1) (b) (i) , the act of gross indecency includes the person who is procured by the offender penetrating the vagina, vulva or anus of the person who is procured or another person to any extent with a thing or a part of the body of the person who is procured that is not a penis.
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