Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 4 OF 2004) - SECT 4

4 .         Section 187 inserted

                After section 186 the following section is inserted —

“
187.         Facilitating sexual offences against children outside Western Australia

        (1)         In this section —

        "prohibited conduct" means —

            (a)         the doing of an act in a place outside Western Australia in respect of a child under the age of 16 years which if done in Western Australia would constitute an offence under Chapter XXXI; or

            (b)         the commission of an offence under Part IIIA Division 2 of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth.

        (2)         A person —

            (a)         who does any act for the purpose of enabling or aiding another person;

            (b)         who aids another person; or

            (c)         who counsels or procures another person,

                to engage in prohibited conduct is guilty of a crime and is liable to imprisonment for 20 years.

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