Sections 49A and 51B of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) capture causative conduct occurring outside Victoria where the harmful consequences — the sexual penetration of a child or the production of child abuse material — occur in Victoria. The absence of express extraterritorial operation clauses in those provisions (in contrast to other provisions in the same subdivisions) does not limit their territorial reach. The expressio unius maxim does not compel a different conclusion where the legislative silence is most likely attributable to oversight rather than deliberate restriction.
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