The Law of Consent and Sexual Assault Discussion Paper may 2007 Criminal Law Review Division Attorney General’s Department

ACT Crimes Act 1900

(a) by the infliction of violence or force on the person, or on a third person who is present or nearby; or

(b) by a threat to inflict violence or force on the person, or on a third person who is present or nearby; or

(c) by a threat to inflict violence or force on, or to use extortion against, the person or another person; or

(d) by a threat to publicly humiliate or disgrace, or to physically or mentally harass, the person or another person; or

(e) by the effect of intoxicating liquor, a drug or an anaesthetic; or

(f) by a mistaken belief as to the identity of that other person; or

(g) by a fraudulent misrepresentation of any fact made by the other person, or by a third person to the knowledge of the other person; or

(h) by the abuse by the other person of his or her position of authority over, or professional or other trust in relation to, the person; or

(i) by the person’s physical helplessness or mental incapacity to understand the nature of the act in relation to which the consent is given; or

(j) by the unlawful detention of the person.
(2) A person who does not offer actual physical resistance to sexual intercourse shall not, by reason only of that fact, be regarded as consenting to the sexual intercourse.
(3) If it is established that a person who knows the consent of another person to sexual intercourse or the committing of an act of indecency has been caused by any of the means set out in subsection (1) (a) to (j), the person shall be deemed to know that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse or the act of indecency, as the case may be.

United Kingdom Sexual Offences Act
s.74: “Consent” For the purposes of this Part, a person consents if he agrees by choice, and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice.

s. 75- Evidential presumption about consent

(a) That the defendant did the relevant act,

(b) That any of the circumstances specified in subsection (2) existed, and

(c) That the defendant knew that those circumstances existed the complainant is to be taken not to have consented to the relevant act unless sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue as to whether he consented, and the defendant is to be taken not to have reasonably believed that the complainant consented unless sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue as to whether he reasonably believed it.

(a) Any person was, at the time of the relevant act or immediately before it began, using violence against the complainant or causing the complainant to fear that immediate violence would be used against him;

(b) Any person was, at the time of the relevant act or immediately before it began, causing the complainant to fear that violence was being used, or that immediate violence would be used, against another person;

(c) The complainant was, and the defendant was not, unlawfully detained at the time of the relevant act;

(d) The complainant was asleep or otherwise unconscious at the time of the relevant act;

(e) Because of the complainant's physical disability, the complainant would not have been able at the time of the relevant act to communicate to the defendant whether the complainant consented;

(f) Any person had administered to or caused to be taken by the complainant, without the complainant's consent, a substance which, having regard to when it was administered or taken, was capable of causing or enabling the complainant to be stupefied or overpowered at the time of the relevant act.
(3) In subsection (2)(a) and (b), the reference to the time immediately before the relevant act began is, in the case of an act which is one of a continuous series of sexual activities, a reference to the time immediately before the first sexual activity began
s. 76 Conclusive presumptions about consent

(1) If in proceedings for an offence to which this section applies it is proved that the defendant did the relevant act and that any of the circumstances specified in subsection (2) existed, it is to be conclusively presumed-

(a) That the complainant did not consent to the relevant act, and

(b) That the defendant did not believe that the complainant consented to the relevant

(2) The circumstances are that-

(a) The defendant intentionally deceived the complainant as to the nature or purpose of the relevant act;

(b) The defendant intentionally induced the complainant to consent to the relevant act by impersonating a person known personally to the complainant

Canadian Criminal Code
s. 273.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and subsection 265(3), "consent" means, for the purposes of sections 271, 272 and 273, the voluntary agreement of the complainant to engage in the sexual activity in question
(3) No consent is obtained, for the purposes of this section, if:

(a) The agreement is expressed by the words or conduct of a person other than the complainant;

(b) The complainant is incapable of consenting to the activity;

(c) The accused counsels or incites the complainant to engage in the activity by abusing a position of trust, power or authority;

4. 
   The complainant expresses, by words or conduct, a lack of agreement to engage in the activity; or
   
5. 
   The complainant, having consented to engage in sexual activity, expresses, by words or conduct, a lack of agreement to continue to engage in the activity
   

(4) Nothing in subsection (3) shall be construed as limiting the circumstances in which no consent is obtained.

(5) It is not a defence to a charge under this section that the accused believed that the complainant consented to the activity that forms the subject-matter of the charge if

(a) The accused's belief arose from the accused's

(i) Self-induced intoxication, or

(ii) Recklessness or wilful blindness; or

(b) The accused did not take reasonable steps, in the circumstances known to the accused at the time, to ascertain that the complainant was consenting.

(6) If an accused alleges that he or she believed that the complainant consented to the conduct that is the subject-matter of the charge, a judge, if satisfied that there is sufficient evidence and that, if believed by the jury, the evidence would constitute a defence, shall instruct the jury, when reviewing all the evidence relating to the determination of the honesty of the accused's belief, to consider the presence or absence of reasonable grounds for that belief.

1. 
   The person submits to the act because of force or the fear of force to the person or to someone else;
   
2. 
   The person submits to the act because the person is unlawfully detained;
   
3. 
   The person is asleep or unconscious, or is so affected by alcohol or another drug as to be incapable of consenting;
   
4. 
   The person is incapable of understanding the essential nature of the act;
   
5. 
   The person is mistaken about the essential nature of the act (for example, the person mistakenly believes that the act is for medical or hygienic purposes).
   

Note. Section 5.2.43 also requires that the judge direct a jury, in a relevant case, as to the factors the jury may have regard to in determining whether or not there was consent.

(2) A person rapes another person if—

(a) The person has carnal knowledge with or of the other person without the other person’s consent; or

(b) The person penetrates the vulva, vagina or anus of the other person to any extent with a thing or a part of the person’s body that is not a penis without the other person’s consent; or

(c) The person penetrates the mouth of the other person to any extent with the person’s penis without the other person’s consent

1. 
   For this section, a child under the age of 12 years is incapable of giving consent.