Causing or inducing a child to take part in commercial sexual services
53H Causing or inducing a child to take part in commercial sexual services
S. 53H inserted by No. 7/2022 s. 42.
A person (A) must not cause or induce a child (B) to take part in commercial sexual services or to continue to take part in such services, whether B takes part as the person providing the services, as the client, or in any other capacity.
Penalty: Level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).
In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1)—
it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that A knew that B was a child; and
it is a defence to the charge for A to prove that, having taken all reasonable steps to find out the age of B, A believed on reasonable grounds, at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, that B was aged 18 years or more.
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