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Criminal Code

Version of section 151 from 2005-11-01 to 2008-04-30:


Marginal note:Sexual interference

 Every person who, for a sexual purpose, touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of a person under the age of fourteen years

  • (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of forty-five days; or

  • (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of fourteen days.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 151
  • R.S., 1985, c. 19 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
  • 2005, c. 32, s. 3

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