CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 57 Act of indecency in the first degree
CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 57
Act of indecency in the first degree(1) A person who inflicts grievous bodily harm on another person with intent to commit an act of indecency on, or in the presence of, that other person, or a third person who is present or nearby, is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for 15 years.
(2) However, for an aggravated offence against subsection (1), the maximum penalty is imprisonment for 19 years.
Note Section 72AA (Aggravated offences—pt 3 offences involving family violence) makes provision in relation to an aggravated offence against this section.