Criminal Code
Version of section 271 from 2012-08-09 to 2015-07-16:
Marginal note:Sexual assault
271 Everyone who commits a sexual assault is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years and, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months and, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days.
- R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 271
- R.S., 1985, c. 19 (3rd Supp.), s. 10
- 1994, c. 44, s. 19
- 2012, c. 1, s. 25
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