Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes Act 1958 - SECT 59

Bestiality

59. Bestiality





(1) A person must not commit an act of bestiality.

Penalty: Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).



(2) An act of bestiality is any of the following-

   (a)  buggery committed by a man on an animal of either sex;

   (b)  buggery committed by an animal on a man or woman;

   (c)  penetration of the vagina of an animal by the penis of a man;

   (d)  penetration of the vagina of a woman by the penis of an animal.

(3) The law relating to buggery is as set out in this Act and no prosecution
shall be instituted for an offence of buggery unless it is for an offence
under this section.



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