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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 65A

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 65A

65A—Definitions

        (1)         For the purposes of this Division—

"ask" connotes a request made with serious intendment (as distinct from one made without an actual intention of obtaining the ostensible object of the request);

"child" means a person under the age of 18 years;

"commercial sexual acts" means acts performed by a person for payment (whether made to the person or to another) involving the use or display of the body of that person for the sexual gratification of another or others;

"compulsion"—a person compels another (the "victim") if the person controls or influences the victim's conduct by means that effectively prevent the victim from exercising freedom of choice;

"payment" includes any form of commercial consideration;

"sexual servitude" means the condition of a person who performs commercial sexual acts under compulsion;

"undue influence"—a person exerts undue influence on another (the "victim") if the person uses unfair or improper means to influence the victim's conduct.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Division, a person whose conduct causes a particular result is taken to have intended that result if the person is reckless about whether that result ensues.