Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person who abducts another person by force or by any other means or who unlawfully detains another person with the intent that the other person should engage in sexual intercourse with the firstmentioned person or with a third person (whether within the ACT or otherwise) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) However, for an aggravated offence against subsection (1), the maximum penalty is imprisonment for 13 years.
Note Section 72AA (Aggravated offences—pt 3 offences involving family violence) makes provision in relation to an aggravated offence against this section.