See:
Act
No.
7405.
Reprint
No. 9
as
at
14 September 2005
and
amending
Act
Nos
16/2004, 97/2005, 23/2006, 24/2006, 32/2006, 63/2006, 49/2007, 8/2008 and
9/2008.
LawToday:
www.
legislation.
vic.gov.au
(1) Before section 42(1) of the Summary Offences Act 1966 insert —
"(1AA) In this section—
"beading" means the cutting of the skin of a person and the insertion of an object beneath the skin to produce a lump;
"branding" means the application of heat, cold or a substance to the skin of a person to produce scar tissue;
"like process" includes scarification, tongue splitting, branding and beading;
"person" means a living human being;
"scarification" means the cutting of the skin of a person to create scar tissue;
"tongue splitting "means the cutting of the tongue of a person to divide the tongue, or part of the tongue, into 2 or more segments.".
(2) In the penalty set out at the foot of section 42(1) of the Summary Offences Act 1966 , for "5 penalty units" substitute "60 penalty units".