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In forceKnowledge of age immaterial
Part 2Obligations, offences and penalties, &c.
Division 2Procedure, evidentiary, &c.
23 Knowledge of age immaterial
Where an offence against this Act is committed in respect of a person who has not attained the age of 18, it is immaterial that the accused did not know that the person had not attained the age of 18 or that the accused believed that the person had attained the age of 18.
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