Criminal Code, section 162.1
Publishing an intimate image without consent
What the law says
- Maximum
- 10 years
- Mandatory minimum
- No mandatory minimum
- Kind of offence
- Sexual
- Prosecuted
- By indictment or summary conviction
Maximum 14 years if the image was made during an aggravated sexual assault (s.162.1(1)(a)(ii)). Threat to publish (s.162.1(1.1)) is also 10 years. Amended by S.C. 2026, c. 19.
1 case with this offence
- June 3, 2026R. v. MN, 2026 NSPC 28
- Below the Crown's ask
5 months in custody, then 2 years probation