Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 50C

    (1)     A person (A) commits an offence if—

        (a)     A intentionally—

              (i)     sexually penetrates another person (B); or

              (ii)     causes or allows B to sexually penetrate A; and

        (b)     B is A's child or lineal descendant; and

        (c)     A knows that B is A's child or lineal descendant.

    (2)     A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum).

S. 50C(3) inserted by No. 34/2017 s. 33(1).

    (3)     The standard sentence for an offence against subsection (1) is 10 years if B is, at the time of the offence, under the age of 18 years.

Notes

1     An exception applies to this offence—see section 50G.

2     A defence applies to this offence—see section 50H.

3     B's consent is not a defence to this offence—see section 50K.

Note 4 to s. 50C inserted by No. 65/2016 s. 24(3), substituted by No. 34/2017 s. 33(2).

4     See sections 5A and 5B of the Sentencing Act 1991 as to standard sentences.

Note 5 to s. 50C inserted by No. 34/2017 s. 33(2).

5     An offence against subsection (1) is a category 1 offence under the Sentencing Act 1991 if B is, at the time of the offence, under the age of 18 years. See  section 5(2G) of that Act for the requirement to impose a custodial order for this offence.

S. 50D inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.