Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Aggravated assault

• 268 (1) Every one commits an aggravated assault who wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the complainant.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every one who commits an aggravated assault is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

• Marginal note:Excision

  (3) For greater certainty, in this section, “wounds” or “maims” includes to excise, infibulate or mutilate, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora or clitoris of a person, except where

  • (a) a surgical procedure is performed, by a person duly qualified by provincial law to practise medicine, for the benefit of the physical health of the person or for the purpose of that person having normal reproductive functions or normal sexual appearance or function; or

  • (b) the person is at least eighteen years of age and there is no resulting bodily harm.

• Marginal note:Consent

  (4) For the purposes of this section and section 265, no consent to the excision, infibulation or mutilation, in whole or in part, of the labia majora, labia minora or clitoris of a person is valid, except in the cases described in paragraphs (3)(a) and (b).