South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts34A—Bringing child into State for marriage
(1) A person must not
bring a child into the State, or arrange for a child to be brought into the
State, with the intention of causing the child to be married.
Maximum penalty:
(a) for
a basic offence—imprisonment for 15 years;
(b) for
an aggravated offence—imprisonment for 19 years.
(2) In proceedings for
an offence against subsection (1), if it is proved that—
(a) the
defendant brought a child, or arranged for a child to be brought, into the
State; and
(b) the
child, while in the State, went through the form or ceremony of marriage,
it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the
defendant brought the child, or arranged for the child to be brought, into the
State (as the case may be) with the intention of causing the child to be
married.