Section 16AAB — Crimes Act 1914: Second or subsequent offence
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(1) This section applies in respect of a person if: (a) the person is convicted of a Commonwealth child sexual abuse offence (a current offence); and (b) the person has, at an earlier sitting, been convicted previously of a child sexual abuse offence. (2) Subject to section 16AAC, if the person is convicted of a current offence described in column 1 of an item in the following table, the court must impose for the current offence a sentence of imprisonment of at least the period specified in column 2 of that item. Minimum penalty Item Column 1 Current offence Column 2 Sentence of imprisonment 1 offence against subsection 272.12(1) of the Criminal Code 3 years 2 offence against subsection 272.12(2) of the Criminal Code 3 years 3 offence against subsection 272.13(1) of the Criminal Code 2 years 4 offence against subsection 272.13(2) of the Criminal Code 2 years 5 offence against subsection 272.14(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 6 offence against subsection 272.15(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 7 offence against subsection 272.15A(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 8 offence against subsection 272.20(1) of the Criminal Code 3 years 9 offence against subsection 272.20(2) of the Criminal Code 1 year 10 offence against subsection 273.6(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 10A offence against section 273A.1 of the Criminal Code 4 years 11 offence against subsection 471.19(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 12 offence against subsection 471.19(2) of the Criminal Code 4 years 13 offence against subsection 471.20(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 14 offence against subsection 471.24(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 15 offence against subsection 471.24(2) of the Criminal Code 4 years 16 offence against subsection 471.24(3) of the Criminal Code 4 years 17 offence against subsection 471.25(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 18 offence against subsection 471.25(2) of the Criminal Code 4 years 19 offence against subsection 471.25(3) of the Criminal Code 4 years 20 offence against subsection 471.25A(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 21 offence against subsection 471.25A(2) of the Criminal Code 4 years 22 offence against subsection 471.25A(3) of the Criminal Code 4 years 23 offence against subsection 471.26(1) of the Criminal Code 3 years 24 offence against subsection 474.22(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 24A offence against subsection 474.22A(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 25 offence against subsection 474.23(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 26 offence against subsection 474.26(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 27 offence against subsection 474.26(2) of the Criminal Code 4 years 28 offence against subsection 474.26(3) of the Criminal Code 4 years 29 offence against subsection 474.27(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 30 offence against subsection 474.27(2) of the Criminal Code 4 years 31 offence against subsection 474.27(3) of the Criminal Code 4 years 32 offence against subsection 474.27AA(1) of the Criminal Code 4 years 33 offence against subsection 474.27AA(2) of the Criminal Code 4 years 34 offence against subsection 474.27AA(3) of the Criminal Code 4 years 35 offence against subsection 474.27A(1) of the Criminal Code 3 years
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation
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