Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 52B

    (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; or

              (iii)     causes B—

    (A)     to sexually penetrate themselves; or

    (B)     to sexually penetrate another person (C) or an animal; or

    (C)     to be sexually penetrated by C or by an animal; and

        (b)     B has a cognitive impairment or mental illness; and

        (c)     A—

              (i)     provides treatment or support services to B; or

              (ii)     is a worker for a service provider that provides treatment or support services to B.

    (2)     A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).

Notes

1     Exceptions apply to this offence—see sections 52F and  52G.

2     Defences apply to this offence—see sections 52H, 52I and  52J.

3     A mistaken but honest and reasonable belief of certain matters is not a defence against this offence—see  section 52K.

S. 52C inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 16.