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CRIMINAL CODE 1924 - SECT 2A

   Consent
(1)  In the Code, unless the contrary intention appears, " consent " means free agreement.
(2)  Without limiting the meaning of "free agreement" , and without limiting what may constitute "free agreement" or "not free agreement" , a person does not freely agree to an act if the person –
(a) does not say or do anything to communicate consent; or
(b) agrees or submits because of force, or a reasonable fear of force, to him or her or to another person; or
(c) agrees or submits because of a threat of any kind against him or her or against another person; or
(d) agrees or submits because he or she or another person is unlawfully detained; or
(e) agrees or submits because he or she is overborne by the nature or position of another person; or
(f) agrees or submits because of the fraud of the accused; or
(g) is reasonably mistaken about the nature or purpose of the act or the identity of the accused; or
(h) is asleep, unconscious or so affected by alcohol or another drug as to be unable to form a rational opinion in respect of the matter for which consent is required; or
(i) is unable to understand the nature of the act.
(2A)  Without limiting the application of subsection (2) to an act of sexual intercourse, a person does not freely agree to an act of sexual intercourse with another person if the person says or does anything to communicate to the other person that a condom must be used for that sexual intercourse and the other person intentionally –
(a) does not use a condom; or
(b) tampers with the condom; or
(c) removes the condom –
before or during the sexual intercourse.
(3)  If a person, against whom a crime is alleged to have been committed under chapters XIV or XX , suffers grievous bodily harm as a result of, or in connection with, such a crime, the grievous bodily harm so suffered is evidence of the lack of consent on the part of that person unless the contrary is shown.



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