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Criminal Code Act 1983
208MMeaning of close family member
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208M Meaning of close family member
A close family member of a person is someone who, from birth
and not from marriage or adoption, is a grandparent, parent, sibling
(including a half-brother or half-sister), child or grandchild of the
208MA Incest
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(b) the other person is a close family member of the person and
the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
208MB No defence of consent
Consent of the close family member concerned is not a defence to
an offence against section 208MA.
208MC Defence – compulsion
A person is not criminally responsible for an offence against
section 208MA if a close family member compelled, by force or
otherwise, the person to engage in the conduct mentioned in
section 208MA(a).
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