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Version of section 152 from 2026-07-18 to 2026-07-21:


Marginal note:Invitation to sexual touching or exposure

  •  (1) Every person commits an offence who, for a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites a person under the age of 16 years to

    • (a) touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, their own body, the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites or the body of any other person; or

    • (b) expose their own sexual organs.

  • Marginal note:Punishment

    (2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1)

    • (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year; or

    • (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 152
  • R.S., 1985, c. 19 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
  • 2005, c. 32, s. 3
  • 2008, c. 6, s. 54
  • 2012, c. 1, s. 12
  • 2015, c. 23, s. 3
  • 2026, c. 19, s. 9

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