Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 217

217 Procuring young person etc. for penile intercourse

(1) A person who procures a person who is not an adult or is a person with an impairment of the mind to engage in penile intercourse (either in Queensland or elsewhere) commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 14 years.

(1A) The Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of aggravation for an offence against this section.

(1B) An indictment charging an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q may not be presented without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.

(2) In this section—

"procure" means knowingly entice or recruit for the purposes of sexual exploitation.