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South Australia
Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with
Children) Amendment Bill 2013
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Criminal
Law Consolidation Act 1935.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short
title
2Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law
Consolidation Act 1935
3Insertion of Division 5A
Division 5A—Dishonest dealings with
children
139ADishonest
dealings with children
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest
Dealings with Children) Amendment Act 2013.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Criminal Law Consolidation
Act 1935
After Part 5 Division 5 insert:
Division 5A—Dishonest dealings with
children
139A—Dishonest dealings with
children
(1) A person who—
(a) knowingly communicates with a child by means of the Internet or some
other form of electronic communication; and
(b) makes a false statement as to the person's age or identity in such
communication; and
(c) meets or arranges to meet with the child,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) A person who—
(a) knowingly communicates with a child by means of the Internet or some
other form of electronic communication; and
(b) makes a false statement as to the person's age or identity in such
communication,
with intent to commit an offence is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.