South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 56

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 (other than an offence of a kind described in paragraph (c) or (d))—imprisonment for 10 years;

            (c)         if the victim of the offence was at the time of the offence under the age of 17 years—imprisonment for 10 years;

            (d)         if the victim of the offence was at the time of the offence under the age of 14 years—imprisonment for 15 years.