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Crimes Act 1958
53JAgreement for provision of commercial sexual services by a child
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53J Agreement for provision of commercial sexual services by a child
(1) A person (A) must not enter into or offer to enter into an agreement under which a child (B) is to provide commercial sexual services.
(b) if B was aged 16 years or more at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, it is a defence to the charge for A to prove that, having taken all reasonable steps to find out the age of B, A believed on reasonable grounds, at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, that B was aged 18 years or more.
S. 53K inserted by No. 7/2022 s. 42.