South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (CHILD SEX OFFENCES) ACT 2022 (NO 9 OF 2022) - SECT 10

10—Amendment of section 56—Indecent assault

        (1)         Section 56(1), penalty provision, (b)—after "offence" insert:

(other than an offence of a kind described in paragraph (c) or (d))

        (2)         Section 56(1), penalty provision—after paragraph (b) insert:

            (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.

        (3)         Section 56(2)—delete subsection (2)