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Act index » Part I - Offences » Division 1 - Offences against the person » Subdivision (4A) - Non-fatal strangulation
34AK No defence of mistaken but honest and reasonable belief regarding relationship
For an offence against section 34AD(1) or 34AE(1), it is not a defence to a charge that, at the time of the conduct constituting the offence, A was under a mistaken but honest and reasonable belief that A was not a family member of B.