OFFENCE ELEMENTS - INVITATION TO SEXUAL TOUCHING
s 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 14 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 two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days.
SELECTED CASE LAW
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
ALBERTA:
2011 ABPC 9
2011 ABPC 354
2013 ABCA 188
2013 ABQB 322
2014 ABCA 221
2016 ABCA 194
BRITISH COLUMBIA:
2009 BCPC 401
2015 BCCA 374
2017 BCSC 1868
2018 BCCA 339
MANITOBA:
2014 MBPC 63
ONTARIO:
2010 ONCJ 600
QUEBEC:
2016 QCCQ 6167