Title: Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with Children)Amendment Bill 2013
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Category: parliamentary.copy
Document comments: lc149

Legislative Council—No 149
As introduced and read a first time, 15 May 2013

Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with Children) Amendment Bill 2013

Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with Children) Amendment Bill 2013
Part 1—Preliminary

Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with Children) Amendment Bill 2013
Preliminary—Part 1

Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with Children) Amendment Bill 2013
Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935

Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with Children) Amendment Bill 2013
Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935—Part 2

South Australia
Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with Children) Amendment Bill 2013
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935
3	Insertion of Division 5A
Division 5A—Dishonest dealings with children
139A	Dishonest dealings with children

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (Dishonest Dealings with Children) Amendment Act 2013.
2—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935
3—Insertion of Division 5A
After Part 5 Division 5 insert:
Division 5A—Dishonest dealings with children
139A—Dishonest dealings with children
	(1)	A person who—
	(a)	knowingly communicates with a child by means of the Internet or some other form of electronic communication; and
	(b)	makes a false statement as to the person's age or identity in such communication; and
	(c)	meets or arranges to meet with the child,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
	(2)	A person who—
	(a)	knowingly communicates with a child by means of the Internet or some other form of electronic communication; and
	(b)	makes a false statement as to the person's age or identity in such communication,
with intent to commit an offence is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

LC GP 203-B: the Hon John Darley MLC