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CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 50CA

Defence based on belief about age

                   It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against Division 2 that the defendant believed at the time of the sexual intercourse or act of indecency that the person in relation to whom the offence was allegedly committed was 16 or over.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this section (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).



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