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CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (SEXUAL ASSAULT) BILL 2017 BILL 22 OF 2017

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                  Criminal Code Amendment (Sexual Assault) Bill 2017

The Criminal Code Amendment (Sexual Assault) Bill 2017 makes amendments to the Criminal Code
Act 1924.

The Bill amends the Criminal Code Act 1924 by:

      amending the definition of ‘sexual intercourse’;

      removing the crime of aggravated sexual assault (section 127A); and

      amending the crime of bestiality (section 122).

The Bill also makes a number of consequential amendments to the Criminal Code Act 1924
resulting from the introduction of a new definition of ‘sexual intercourse’ and the removal of the
crime of aggravated sexual assault.




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