Fiji

Crimes Decree 2009 (decree No. 44 of 2009)

CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 12 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER

Division 5 — Slavery, Sexual Servitude and Deceptive Recruiting

Aggravated offences

108.— (1) For the purposes of this Division, an offence against section 106 or 107 is an aggravated offence if the offence was committed against a person who is under 18.

(2) If the prosecution intends to prove an aggravated offence, the charge must allege that the offence was committed against a person under that age.

(3) In order to prove an aggravated offence, the prosecution must prove that the defendant intended to commit, or was reckless as to committing, the offence against a person under that age.

Keywords

Sentencing - national proceedings
Determination of sentence - national proceedings
Aggravating factors - national proceedings



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