South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT AND REPEAL (AGGRAVATED OFFENCES) ACT 2005 (NO 62 OF 2005) - SECT 16

16—Substitution of section 56

Section 56—delete the section and substitute:

56—Indecent assault

        (1)         A person who indecently assaults another is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence—imprisonment for 8 years;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—imprisonment for 10 years.

        (2)         If the victim of the offence was at the time of the offence under the age of 12 years, the offence is an aggravated offence and it is unnecessary for the prosecution to establish that the defendant knew of, or was reckless as to, the aggravating factor.