Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2006 (NO 2 OF 2006) - SECT 8

For section 44(6) of the Crimes Act 1958 substitute —

    "(6)     A person who is compelled by another person to take part in an act of sexual penetration in any of the circumstances referred to in sub-section (1), (2), (3) or (4) is not guilty of an offence against this section.

    (6A)     For the purposes of this section, a person compels another person (the victim) to take part in an act of sexual penetration if the person compels the victim (by force or otherwise) to engage in that act—

        (a)     without the victim's consent; and

        (b)     while being aware that the victim is not consenting or might not be consenting.".