CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 74 Prohibition of female genital mutilation
CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 74
Prohibition of female genital mutilation(1) A person shall not intentionally perform female genital mutilation on another person.
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 15 years.
(2) It is not a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section that the person on whom the female genital mutilation was performed, or a parent or guardian of that person, consented to the mutilation.