s 208LC
In forceCausing sexual intercourse or penetration – person with cognitive impairment
Schedule ICriminal Code of the Northern Territory of Australia
Part VIASexual offences
Division 5Sexual acts committed against cognitively impaired persons by carers
208LC Causing sexual intercourse or penetration – person with cognitive impairment
(1)
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) is responsible for the care of a person with a cognitive impairment; and
(b)
intentionally causes the person with a cognitive impairment:
(i)
to engage in sexual intercourse with someone else; or
(ii)
to be sexually involved with an animal; or
(iii) to penetrate (to any extent) the other person's own genitals or anus.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 8 years or, for an aggravated offence, 10 years.
(2)
Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(a).
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