Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 4 Acts injurious to the public in generalChapter 22 Offences against morality[s 210](c) unlawfully permits himself or herself to be indecentlydealt with by a child under the age of 16 years; or(d) wilfully and unlawfully exposes a child under the age of16 years to an indecent act by the offender or any otherperson; or(e) without legitimate reason, wilfully exposes a childunder the age of 16 years to any indecent object or anyindecent film, videotape, audiotape, picture, photographor printed or written matter; or(f) without legitimate reason, takes any indecentphotograph or records, by means of any device, anyindecent visual image of a child under the age of 16years;is guilty of an indictable offence.(2) If the child is of or above the age of 12 years, the offender isguilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.(3) If the child is under the age of 12 years, the offender is guiltyof a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 20 years.(4) If the child is, to the knowledge of the offender, his or herlineal descendant or if the offender is the guardian of the childor, for the time being, has the child under his or her care, theoffender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for20 years.(4A) If the child is a person with an impairment of the mind, theoffender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for20 years.(5) If the offence is alleged to have been committed in respect ofa child of or above the age of 12 years, it is a defence to provethat the accused person believed, on reasonable grounds, thatthe child was of or above the age of 16 years.(5A) If the offence is alleged to have been committed with thecircumstance of aggravation mentioned in subsection (4A), itis a defence to the circumstance of aggravation to prove thatCurrent as at 1 December 2014 Page 119