Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005A00096:clause:1_9:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005A00096
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 9 (pt 6/8)
Character Range: 18132–20838

by the first person or by another, after arrival at the place to which the person has been transported;
 (b) the first person, in committing the offence, subjects the victim to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;
 (c) the first person, in committing the offence:
 (i) engages in conduct that gives rise to a danger of death or serious harm to the victim; and
 (ii) is reckless as to that danger.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years.

 (2) If, on a trial for an offence against this section, the court, or if the trial is before a jury, the jury, is not satisfied that the defendant is guilty of the aggravated offence, but is satisfied that he or she is guilty of an offence against section 271.5, it may find the defendant not guilty of the aggravated offence, but guilty of an offence against that section.

271.7  Offence of domestic trafficking in children

 (1) A person commits an offence of domestic trafficking in children if:
 (a) the first‑mentioned person organises or facilitates the transportation of another person from one place in Australia to another place in Australia; and
 (b) the other person is under the age of 18; and
 (c) in organising or facilitating that transportation, the first‑mentioned person:
 (i) intends that the other person will be used to provide sexual services or will be otherwise exploited, either by the first‑mentioned person or another, during or following the transportation to that other place; or
 (ii) is reckless as to whether the other person will be used to provide sexual services or will be otherwise exploited, either by the first‑mentioned person or another, during or following the transportation to that other place.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.

 (2) In this section:

sexual service means the use or display of the body of the person providing the service for the sexual gratification of others.

Subdivision C—Offences relating to debt bondage

271.8  Offence of debt bondage

 (1) A person commits an offence of debt bondage if:
 (a) the person engages in conduct that causes another person to enter into debt bondage; and
 (b) the person intends to cause the other person to enter into debt bondage.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.

 (2) In determining, for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), whether a person (the first person) has caused another person (the second person) to enter into debt bondage, a court, or if the trial is before a jury, the jury, may have regard to any of the following matters:
 (a) the economic relationship between the first person and the second person;
 (b) the terms of any written or oral contract or agreement between the second person and another person