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Criminal Code Act 1983
202EKnowledge of age immaterial
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202E Knowledge of age immaterial
It is immaterial in relation to an offence against this Division
committed with respect to a person who was at the time of the
offence a child, or a child of a specified age, that the accused
person:
(a) did not know that the person was a child or a child of a
specified age; or
(b) believed that the person was an adult or a child of a different
age.