Criminal Code, section 173(2)

Exposure to a person under 16

What the law says

Maximum
10 years
Mandatory minimum
90 days
Kind of offence
Sexual
Prosecuted
By indictment or summary conviction

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2 cases with this offence

  1. May 8, 2026
    R. v. Z.A., 2026 NSSC 163Sexual interference; Forcible confinement; Incest; Exposure to a person under 16, Port Hawkesbury. Justice D. Shane Russell
    • Below the Crown's ask
    8 years in a federal penitentiary (10 years for incest reduced to 8 for totality; other counts concurrent)
  2. March 28, 2024
    R. v. K.N.R.H., 2024 BCSC 699Sexual interference; Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm; Exposure to a person under 16, Kamloops. Justice Ward K. Branch
    48 months on sexual interference (concurrent 90 days each on exposure and uttering threats), less 294 days pre-trial credit: 1,166 days remaining

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