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Criminal Code

Version of section 160 from 2015-07-17 to 2019-06-20:


Marginal note:Bestiality

  •  (1) Every person who commits bestiality is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

  • Marginal note:Compelling the commission of bestiality

    (2) Every person who compels another to commit bestiality is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

  • Marginal note:Bestiality in presence of or by child

    (3) Despite subsection (1), every person who commits bestiality in the presence of a person under the age of 16 years, or who incites a person under the age of 16 years to commit bestiality,

    • (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 six months.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 160
  • R.S., 1985, c. 19 (3rd Supp.), s. 3
  • 2008, c. 6, s. 54
  • 2012, c. 1, s. 15
  • 2015, c. 23, s. 5

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