Criminal Code

Marginal note:Indecent acts

• 173 (1) Every one who wilfully does an indecent act

  • (a) in a public place in the presence of one or more persons, or

  • (b) in any place, with intent thereby to insult or offend any person,

  is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

• Marginal note:Exposure

  (2) Every person who, in any place, for a sexual purpose, exposes his or her genital organs to a person who is under the age of 16 years

  • (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or

  • (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.