War crime—sexual slavery
268.83 War crime—sexual slavery
A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
the perpetrator causes another person to enter into or remain in sexual slavery; and
the perpetrator intends to cause, or is reckless as to causing, that sexual slavery; and
the perpetrator’s conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.
For the purposes of this section, sexual slavery is the condition of a person who provides sexual services and who, because of the use of force or threats:
is not free to cease providing sexual services; or
is not free to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services.
In this section:
threat means:
a threat of force; or
a threat to cause a person’s deportation; or
a threat of any other detrimental action unless there are reasonable grounds for the threat of that action in connection with the provision of sexual services by a person.
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