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Child Luring Laws in Canada
Child luring is covered under s.172.1 of the Criminal Code. You can be charged with child luring if you use the internet to communicate with someone who you know is not 18 years or older with the intent to commit sexual exploitation, incest, child pornography, or sexual assault. The purpose of s.172.1 of the Criminal Code is to criminalize child luring to protect children, ...
Making Sexually Explicit Materials Available to Child (s. 171.1) Laws in Canada
What is “making sexually explicit materials available to a child”? As indicated by its name, a s. 171.1 Criminal Code offence occurs when one makes some kind of pornographic or sexually explicit material available to a minor. This must be done for the purposes of facilitating another sexual offence as legislated under Part V of the Criminal Code. There are three subsections under ...
Sexual Interference (s. 151) Laws in Canada
What is sexual interference? Sexual interference is covered under s.151 of the Criminal Code. Sexual interference is similar to a charge of sexual assault; however, sexual interference is an offence that is committed when a person indirectly or directly touches any part of the body of a person younger than 16 years for a sexual purpose. Unlike, regular sexual assault, a charge of ...
Age of Consent in Canada
When someone reaches the age of consent in Canada, they can legally agree to sexual activity. Meanwhile, the criminal law sets severe penalties for those who engage in sexual activities with young persons below the age of consent, penalizing such activities by Canadians both inside and outside of Canada. The law sets several exceptions and includes defences for those investigated or prosecuted ...
How to be Removed from the Sex Offender Registry in Canada
Disclaimer: this article applies to the sex offender registry in Canada only. Other countries have their own similar registries, with very different parameters, rules, and processes. It is unlikely that anything in this article would apply beyond Canada. The Government of Canada has demonstrated a clear intent to track as many people as possible for as long as possible through SOIRA. However, the ...
