Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 78

    (1)     In this part:

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

sexual servitude is the condition of a person who provides sexual services and who, because of the use of force or a threat, is not free—

        (a)     to stop providing sexual services; or

        (b)     to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services.

    (2)     For subsection (1), definition of "sexual servitude", the question whether, because of the use of force or a threat, a person is not free to stop providing sexual services, or to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services, is to be decided according to whether a reasonable adult would consider, in the circumstances, that the person is not free to stop or leave.

    (3)     In this section:

"threat" means—

        (a)     a threat of force; or

        (b)     a threat to cause a person's deportation; or

        (c)     a threat of other detrimental action unless there are reasonable grounds for the threat.