Indecent acts/sexual intercourse with children or young persons
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Each state makes specific provision for rendering sexual intercourse, indecent acts, and gross indecency with children and young people unlawful. Some states have also enacted specific provisions for making sexual relationships between children or young people, and those in positions of authority over them, unlawful.
Generally, consent is no defence, except where there is a reasonablely held belief that the person was over the specified age (generally 16, though there is some variation between States), or the person was married to the other person.
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The South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault acknowledges the traditional Aboriginal owners of country throughout Victoria. We pay our respects to them, their culture and their Elders past, present and future.