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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61HI

Consent generally

61HI Consent generally

(1) A person
"consents" to a sexual activity if, at the time of the sexual activity, the person freely and voluntarily agrees to the sexual activity.
(2) A person may, by words or conduct, withdraw consent to a sexual activity at any time.
(3) Sexual activity that occurs after consent has been withdrawn occurs without consent.
(4) A person who does not offer physical or verbal resistance to a sexual activity is not, by reason only of that fact, to be taken to consent to the sexual activity.
(5) A person who consents to a particular sexual activity is not, by reason only of that fact, to be taken to consent to any other sexual activity.
Example--: A person who consents to a sexual activity using a condom is not, by reason only of that fact, to be taken to consent to a sexual activity without using a condom.
(6) A person who consents to a sexual activity with a person on one occasion is not, by reason only of that fact, to be taken to consent to a sexual activity with--
(a) that person on another occasion, or
(b) another person on that or another occasion.



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