Crimes Act 1958
53BUsing force, threat etc. to cause another person to provide commercial sexual services
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53B Using force, threat etc. to cause another person to provide commercial sexual services
(i) uses force against another person (B) or any other person; or
(ii) makes a threat to, or against, B or any other person; or
(iii) unlawfully detains B or any other person; or
(iv) engages in fraud or misrepresentation (including by omission) in relation to B or any other person; or
(v) uses a manifestly excessive debt owed, or purportedly owed, by B or any other person; and
(b) A, by engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a), causes B—
(ii) to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services; and
(i) intends that engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a) will cause B—
(A) to provide, or to continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or
(B) to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services; or
(ii) knows that engaging in the conduct referred to in paragraph (a) will, or probably will, cause B—
(A) to provide, or to continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or
(B) to not be free to leave the place or area where B provides commercial sexual services.
S. 53C inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.