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Criminal Code Act 1983
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202A Interpretation
sexual services means the commercial use or display of the body
of the person providing the services for the sexual gratification of
others.
sexual servitude means the condition of a person who provides
sexual services and who, because of the use of force or threat, is
not free:
(a) to stop providing sexual services; or
(b) to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual
services.
threat means:
(a) a threat of force;
(b) a threat to cause a person's deportation; or
(c) a threat of other detrimental action.
(2) For the purposes of this Division, the question whether, because of
the use of force or a threat, a person is not free:
(a) to stop providing sexual services; or
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(b) to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual
services,
is to be decided according to whether a reasonable adult would
consider, in the circumstances, that the person is not free to stop
providing the services or to leave the place or area.