44Procuring sexual act by threat

44 Procuring sexual act by threat

(a) A makes a threat to another person (B) that A will cause harm of any kind to B, another person or an animal; and

(b) A intends that B will believe, or believes that B will probably believe, that A will cause that harm; and

(c) as a result of A's threat, B or another person takes part (whether at the time the threat is made or at a later time) in a sexual act with A or another person; and

(d) A intends that, as a result of A's threat, an outcome mentioned in paragraph (c) will occur.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a threat may be made by words or conduct and may be explicit or implicit.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), a person who takes part in a sexual act with A or another person may or may not be the person to whom A has threatened to cause harm.

New s. 45 inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 15.