Gross Indecency (Offence) (Repealed): Difference between revisions

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-{{HeaderHistory}}
+{{Currency2|January|2024}}
 {{HeaderRepealedOffences}}
+{{LevelZero}}{{HeaderOffences}}
+{{OffenceBox
+|OffenceTitle=Gross Indecency
+|OffencePage=Gross Indecency
+|Section=161
+|Act={{OBCCC}}
+|CrownElection={{OBIndictableElection}}
+|Jurisdiction={{OBJurisdictionAll-Under14}}
+|Bail={{OBBailAll}}
+|IndictableDisp= {{OBDispAll}}
+|IndictableMin= {{OBMinNone}}
+|IndictableMax= {{OBTime|5 years}} }}
+==Overview==
+{{seealso|Indecent Assault (Offence) (Repealed)}}
-==1985 Criminal Code==
+; Pleadings
-{{seealso|Gross Indecency (Offence)|Indecent Assault (Offence) (Repealed)}}
+{{PleadingsHeader-N}}
-{{quotation1|
+{{PleadingsIndictableList-N|s. 161 [gross indecency] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No-Under14}} }}
+{{PleadingsEnd}}
+{{PleadingsIndictElection-Under14|s. 161 [gross indecency] }}
+; Release
+{{ReleaseHeader}}
+|s. 161 [gross indecency] || {{ReleaseProfile-Indictable}}
+|-
+{{ReleaseEnd}}
+{{ReleaseOptions-Indictable|s. 161 [gross indecency]}}
+:''Fingerprints and Photos''
+{{IDCriminalAct|s. 161 [gross indecency]}}
+; Publication Bans
+<!-- {{PubBanHeader}} <!-- Sections / Sexual Offence Pub Ban / Youth Victim or witness / Young Accused -->
+<!--|s. 161 [gross indecency] || {{OKMark}}  || {{OKMark}} || {{OKMark}}  ||  {{OKMark}} (if jury eligible) ||{{OKMark}}  || {{XMark}}
+|-
+{{PubBanEnd}}-->
+{{GeneralPubBan}}
+{{SeeBelowForAncillary}}
+{{reflist|2}}
+==Offence Wording==
+{{quotation2|
 ; Acts of gross indecency
 . Every one who commits an act of gross indecency with another person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. <br>
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 }}
-{{quotation1|
+{{quotation2|
 ; Exception re acts in private between husband and wife or consenting adults
 (1) Sections 160 and 161 do not apply to any act committed in private between
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 The offence was repealed in 1987.
-; Gross Indecency
+==Proof of the Offence==
+{{ElementHeader}}
+{{ElementLeft}}
+{{Proving|gross indecency|161}}<Ref>
+{{CanLIIR|Leroux|g1zjv|2013 SKQB 395 (CanLII)}} at para 72
+</ref>
+{{InitialElements}}
+# {{box}} the culprit performed an act;
+# {{box}} the act was with the complainant, either consensually or otherwise;
+# {{box}} "the acts committed are a marked departure from decent conduct expected of the average Canadian in the circumstances which existed at the time and a crime against public morality which includes but is not limited to anal intercourse, fellatio and other homosexual acts between two male persons of any age, whether consenting or not."
+{{ElementEnd}}
+{{reflist|2}}
+==Interpretation of the Offence==
+; "Gross Indecency"
 The term "gross indecency" was not defined within the Code.<ref>
 {{CanLIIRP|G|2bc77|1982 CanLII 1304 (AB QB)|70 CCC (2d) 24}}{{perABQB|Moore ACJ}}
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 {{reflist|2}}
-==Proof of the Offence==
+==Sentencing Principles and Ranges==
+{{seealsoSentencing}}
+{{seealsoSentencingSexual}}
+===Sentencing Profile===
+; Maximum Penalties
+{{SProfileMaxHeader‎}}
+{{SProfileMax|s. 161  | {{Indictable}} |{{Max5Years}}}}
+{{SProfileEnd}}
+{{MaxPenaltyIndictable|s. 161 |'''{{Max5Years}}'''|}}
+; Minimum Penalties
+{{NoMinimumPenalties}}
+; Available Dispositions
+{{SProfileAvailHeader}}
+|s. 161  || any || {{SProfileAll}}
+|-
+{{SProfileEnd}}
+{{AllDispositionsAvailable}}
+; Consecutive Sentences
+{{NoConsecutive}}
+===Principles===
+===Ranges===
+{{seealsoRanges|Gross Indecency}}
-{{ElementHeader}}
+{{reflist|2}}
-{{ElementLeft}}
+==Ancillary Sentencing Orders==
+{{seealso|Ancillary Orders}}
+; Offence-specific Orders
+{{AOrderHeader}}
+| [[DNA Orders]]  ||s. 161  ||
+** {{SecondDNA(CtoE)|s. 161 }}
+|-
+| [[Weapons Prohibition Orders]]   || s. 161   ||
+** {{Section110|s. 161 }}
+|-
+| [[Delayed_Parole_Eligibility|Delayed Parole Order]] ||s. 161  ||
+* {{ParoleDelayEligible|1|s. 161 }}
+{{AOrderEnd}}
-{{Proving|gross indecency|161}}<Ref>
+; General Sentencing Orders
-{{CanLIIR|Leroux|g1zjv|2013 SKQB 395 (CanLII)}} at para 72
+{{GeneralSentencingOrders}}
-</ref>
-{{InitialElements}}
-# {{box}} the culprit performed an act;
-# {{box}} the act was with the complainant, either consensually or otherwise;
-# {{box}} "the acts committed are a marked departure from decent conduct expected of the average Canadian in the circumstances which existed at the time and a crime against public morality which includes but is not limited to anal intercourse, fellatio and other homosexual acts between two male persons of any age, whether consenting or not."
-{{ElementRight}}
+; General Forfeiture Orders
-{{ElementEnd}}
+{{GeneralForfeitureOrders}}
-==1970 Criminal Code==
+==History of Gross Indecency==
+===1970 Criminal Code===
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 }}
-==1968-69==
+===1968-69===
 Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69, c. 38, s. 7, replaced s. 141 with s. 149A as follows:
 {{quotation1|
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 {{reflist|2}}
-==1953-1954 Criminal Code==
+===1953-1954 Criminal Code===
 {{quotation1|
 ; Acts of gross indecency
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 }}
-==Criminal Code, 1927==
+===Criminal Code, 1927===
 {{quotation1|
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 }}
-==Criminal Code, 1906==
+===Criminal Code, 1906===
 {{quotation1|
 ; Acts of gross indecency.
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 }}
-==Criminal Code, 1892==
+===Criminal Code, 1892===
 {{quotation1|
 ; Acts of gross indecency.