Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

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Marginal note:Invitation to sexual touching

152. Every person who, for a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites a person under the age of 16 years to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the body of any person, including the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites and the body of the person under the age of 16 years,

  • (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 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 18 months 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.
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