A man who commits incest shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years and if the woman is found to be under the age of 14 the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 14 years.
Section history
Section 376B — Commercial sex with minor below 18 years of age
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 376B — Original text to 1 February 2008superseded
Section 376B — From 1 February 2008 (current)rewritten by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
(1)Any person who obtains for consideration the sexual services of a person, who is under2021below2021 18 years of age, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, or with fine, or with both.
(2)Any person who communicates with another person for the purpose of obtaining for consideration, the sexual services of a person who is under2021below2021 18 years of age, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.
(3)No person shall be guilty of an offence under this section for any sexual services obtained from that person’s spouse.
(4)In this section, “sexual services” means any sexual services involving —
(a)sexual penetration of the vagina or anus, as the case may be, of a person by a part of another person’s body (other than the penis) or by anything else; or2020
(b)penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth, as the case may be, of a person by a man’s penis.2020penis; or2020
(c)touching which is sexual of another person or of himself or herself.
[Canada CC R.S. 1985, s. 212; SPC 1985 Ed., s. 376A(1)]