OFFENCE ELEMENTS - SEXUAL INTERFERENCE OFFENCES
s 151 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 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
ALBERTA:
1992 ABCA 243
2006 ABPC 360
2008 ABCA 129
2011 ABPC 116
2011 ABPC 354
2014 ABPC 221
BRITISH COLUMBIA:
[2002] 57 WCB (2D) 234 (BCPC)
2008 BCSC 215
2012 BCPC 197
2015 BCPC 203
2017 BCSC 551
MANITOBA:
[1995] 4 WWR 153 (MBCA)
2015 MBPC 50
NEW BRUNSWICK:
2001 NBBR 242 (NBQB)
NOVA SCOTIA:
2015 NSPC 43
ONTARIO:
[2001] 52 WCB (2d) 128 (ONCA)
[2006] 72 WCB (2d) 128 (ONCA)
2012 ONCJ 835
2014 ONCA 144
2016 ONSC 2516
2016 ONCJ 858
2017 ONSC 207
2017 ONCJ 565
QUEBEC:
2007 QCCQ 384
2013 QCCQ 4285
2016 QCCQ 6762
SASKATCHEWAN:
2011 SKPC 47
2016 SKCA 93