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SUMMARY OFFENCES AMENDMENT (TATTOOING AND BODY PIERCING) ACT 2008 (NO. 49 OF 2008) - SECT 1

Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Summary Offences Act 1966

        (a)     to prohibit the practices of scarification, tongue splitting, branding and beading on persons under the age of 18 years;

        (b)     to increase the maximum penalty for the offence of tattooing of persons under the age of 18 years;

        (c)     to prohibit the intimate body piercing of persons under the age of 18 years;

        (d)     to insert new offences concerning other body piercing of persons under the age of 16 years.



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