186BFemale genital mutilation

186B Female genital mutilation (1) A person who performs female genital mutilation on another person (2) An offence is committed against this section even if one or more of the acts constituting the offence occurred outside the Territory if the person mutilated by or because of the acts is ordinarily resident in the Territory. (3) It is not an offence against this section to perform a surgical operation if the operation: (a) has a genuine therapeutic purpose and is performed by a medical practitioner or authorised professional; or (b) is a gender reassignment procedure and is performed by a medical practitioner. (4) A surgical operation does not have a genuine therapeutic purpose by virtue of the fact that it is performed as, or as part of, a cultural, religious or other social custom. Criminal Code Act 1983 155