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Criminal Code Act 1924
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178C Medical procedures
[Section 178C Amended by No. 96 of 1995, s. 5, Applied:01 Dec 1999]
(1) Sections 178A(1) and 178B(1) do not apply in relation to the performance of –
(a) a surgical procedure for a genuine therapeutic purpose; or
(b) a sexual reassignment procedure.
(2) The fact that a surgical procedure is performed as, or as part of, a cultural, religious or other social custom is not, of itself, a genuine therapeutic purpose.
(3) A sexual reassignment procedure is a surgical procedure to give a female, or a person whose sex is ambivalent, the genital appearance of a particular sex.