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Part 2Sexuality and gender identity conversion practices
8 Offence—performing conversion practice on protected person
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
the person performs a sexuality or gender identity conversion practice on another person (the recipient); and
(b)
the recipient is a protected person.
Maximum penalty: 150 penalty units, imprisonment for 12 months or both.
(2)
A person commits an offence against subsection (1) whether or not the recipient, or a parent or guardian of the recipient, consented to the practice.
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