Seduction (Repealed Offence)

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Seduction of Female Between Under Sixteen

Repealed.

An Act to amend the Criminal Code, S.C. 1919-1920, c. 43, s. 4.

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1906, c. 146, s. 211.

Seduction of girls between fourteen and sixteen

211. Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years’ imprisonment who seduces or has illicit connection with any girl of previously chaste character, of or above the age of fourteen years and under the age of sixteen years.

55-56 V., c. 29, s. 181; 56 V., c. 32, s. 1.

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code, 1892, S.C. 1893, c. 32, s. 1.

Seduction of girls under sixteen

181. Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years’ imprisonment who seduces or has illicit connection with any girl of previously chaste character, of or above the age of fourteen years and under the age of sixteen years.

R.S.C., c. 157, s. 3; 53 V., c.37, s.3.

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The Criminal Code, 1892, S.C. 1892, c. 29, s. 181.

Seduction of girls under sixteen

181. Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years’ imprisonment who seduces and has illicit connection with any girl of previously chaste character, of or above the age of fourteen years and under the age of sixteen years.

R.S.C., c. 157, s. 3; 53 V., c.37, s.3.

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Seduction of Female Between Sixteen and Eighteen

Repealed in 1987.

Seduction of female between sixteen and eighteen

156. Every male person who, being eighteen years of age or more, seduces a female person of previously chaste character who is sixteen years or more but less than eighteen years of age is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

R.S., c. C-34, s. 151.

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act, R.S.C. 1985 (3d Supp.), c. 19, s. 2.

Seduction of female between sixteen and eighteen

151. Every male person who, being eighteen years of age or more, seduces a female person of previously chaste character who is sixteen years or more but less than eighteen years of age is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

1953-54, c. 51, s. 143.

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Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 156.

Seduction of female between sixteen and eighteen

143. Every male person who, being eighteen years of age or more, seduces a female person of previously chaste character who is sixteen years or more but less than eighteen years of age is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

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Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-34, s. 151.

Seduction of girls between 16 and 18 instead of 14 and 16

211. Every one over the age of eighteen years is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years' imprisonment who seduces any girl of previously chaste character of or above the age of sixteen years and under the age of eighteen years. Proof that a girl has on previous occasions had illicit connection with the accused shall not be deemed to be evidence that she was not of previously chaste character. Criminal Code, S.C. 1953-54, c. 51, s. 143.

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Seduction of Female Passengers on Vessels

(s. 184, 214, 146, 154, 159)

Repealed in 1987.

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 159.

Seduction of female passengers on vessels

159. Every male person who, being the owner or master of, or employed on board, a vessel, engaged in the carriage of passengers for hire, seduces, or by threats or by the exercise of his authority, has illicit sexual intercourse on board the vessel with a female passenger is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

R.S., c. C-34, s. 154.

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act, R.S.C. 1985 (3d Supp.), c. 19, s. 3.

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1927, c. 36, s. 214

Seducing female passengers on vessels

214. Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a fine of four hundred dollars or to one years’ imprisonment, who, being the master or other officer or a seaman or other person employed on board of any vessel, while such vessel is in any water within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada, under promise of marriage, or by threats, or by the exercise of his authority, or by solicitation, or the making of gifts or presents, seduces and has illicit connection with any female passenger.

Marriage a defence

2. The subsequent intermarriage of the seducer and the seduced is, if pleaded, a good defence to any indictment for any offence against this or either of the two last preceding sections, except in the case of a guardian seducing his ward.

R.S., c. 146, s. 214.

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Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-34, s. 154.

Seduction of female passengers on vessels

154. Every male person who, being the owner or master of, or employed on board a vessel, engaged in the carriage of passengers for hire, seduces, or by threats or by the exercise of his authority, has illicit sexual intercourse on board the vessel with a female passenger is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

1953-54, c. 51, s. 146.

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Criminal Code, S.C. 1953-54, c. 51, s. 146.

Seduction of female passengers on vessels.

146. Every male person who, being the owner or master of, or employed on board a vessel, engaged in the carriage of passengers for hire, seduces, or by threats or by the exercise of his authority, has illicit sexual intercourse on board the vessel with a female passenger is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

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Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1906, c. 146, s. 214.

Seducing female passengers on vessels

214. Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a fine of four hundred dollars or to one year’s imprisonment, who, being the master or other officer or a seaman or other person employed on board of any vessel, while such vessel is in any water within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada, under promise of marriage, or by threats, or by the exercise of his authority, or by solicitation, or the making of gifts or presents, seduces and has illicit connection with any female passenger.

Marriage a defence

2. The subsequent intermarriage of the seducer and the seduced is, if pleaded, a good defence to any indictment for any offence against this or either of the two last preceding sections, except in the case of a guardian seducing his ward. 55-56 V., c. 29, s. 184.

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The Criminal Code, 1892, S.C. 1892, c. 29, s. 184.

Seduction of females who are passengers on vessels

184. Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a fine of four hundred dollars, or to one year’s imprisonment, who, being the master or other officer or a seaman or other person employed on board of any vessel, while such vessel is in any water within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada, under promise of marriage, or by threats, or by the exercise of his authority, or by solicitation, or the making of gifts or presents, seduces and has illicit connection with any female passenger.
2. The subsequent intermarriage of the seducer and the seduced is, if pleaded, a good defence to any indictment for any offence against this or either of the two next preceding sections except in the case of a guardian seducing his ward. R.S.C., c. 65, s. 37.

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Seduction under promise of marriage

(s. 182/212/144/152)

Repealed in 1987.

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 157.

Seduction under promise of marriage

157. Every male person, being twenty-one years of age or more, who, under promise of marriage, seduces an unmarried female person of previously chaste character who is less than twenty-one years of age is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

R.S., c.C-34, s. 152.

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act, R.S.C. 1985 (3d Supp.), c. 19, s. 2.

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-34, s. 152.

Seduction under promise of marriage

152. Every male person who, being twenty-one years of age or more, who, under promise of marriage, seduces an unmarried female person of previously chaste character who is less than twenty-one years of age is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

1953-54, c. 51, s. 144.

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Criminal Code, S.C. 1953-54, c. 51, s. 144.

Seduction under promise of marriage

144. Every male person, being twenty-one years of age or more, who, under promise of marriage, seduces an unmarried female person of previously chaste character who is less than twenty-one years of age is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for two years.

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Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1927, c. 36, s. 212.

Seduction under promise of marriage

212. Every one, above the age of twenty-one years, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years’ imprisonment who, under promise of marriage, seduces and has illicit connection with any unmarried female of previously chaste character and under twenty-one years of age.

R.S., c. 146, s. 212.

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Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1906, c. 146, s. 212.

Seduction under promise of marriage

212. Every one, above the age of twenty-one years, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years’ imprisonment who, under promise of marriage, seduces and has illicit connection with any unmarried female of previously chaste character and under twenty-one years of age.

55-56 V., c. 29, s. 182.

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The Criminal Code, 1892, S.C. 1892, c. 29, s. 182.

Seduction under promise of marriage

182. Every one, above the age of twenty-one years, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years’ imprisonment who, under promise of marriage, seduces and has illicit connection with any unmarried female of previously chaste character under twenty-one years of age.

50-51 V., c. 48, s. 2.

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Seducing a Ward

See Sexual Intercourse with Step-Daughter (Repealed Offence)