Queensland Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL CODE (DECRIMINALISING SEX WORK) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 - SECT 14

14 Amendment of s 218 (Procuring sexual acts by coercion etc.)

(1) Section 218 (1) —
omit, insert—

(1) A person who—

(a) by coercion, procures another person to—

(i) engage in a sexual act, either in Queensland or elsewhere; or

(ii) provide, or continue to provide, commercial sexual services; or

(b) by coercion, causes another person to provide, or continue to provide, payment derived directly or indirectly from the provision of commercial sexual services; or

(c) administers to another person, or causes the other person to take, a drug or other thing with intent to stupefy or overpower the person to enable a sexual act to be engaged in with the person;

commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—14 years imprisonment.

(2) Section 218 (4) —
insert—

"coercion" includes, for example, coercion by—

(a) intimidation or threats of any kind; or

(b) assaulting a person; or

(c) damaging the property of a person; or

(d) making false representations or using false pretence or fraudulent means.