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==Overview==
{{seealso|Indecent Assault (Offence) (Repealed)}}
; Pleadings
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; Release
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:''Fingerprints and Photos''
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; Publication Bans
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==Overview==
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{{seealso|Gross Indecency (Offence)|Indecent Assault (Offence) (Repealed)}}
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==Offence Wording==
==Offence Wording==


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; Acts of gross indecency
; Acts of gross indecency
161. 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>
161. 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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; Exception re acts in private between husband and wife or consenting adults
; Exception re acts in private between husband and wife or consenting adults
162 (1) Sections 160 and 161 do not apply to any act committed in private between
162 (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The offence was repealed in 1987.
The offence was repealed in 1987.


; Gross Indecency
==Proof of the Offence==
 
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{{Proving|gross indecency|161}}<Ref>
{{CanLIIR|Leroux|g1zjv|2013 SKQB 395 (CanLII)}} at para 72
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# {{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."
 
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==Interpretation of the Offence==
; "Gross Indecency"
The term "gross indecency" was not defined within the Code.<ref>
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}}
{{CanLIIRP|G|2bc77|1982 CanLII 1304 (AB QB)|70 CCC (2d) 24}}{{perABQB|Moore ACJ}}
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==Proof of the Offence==
==Sentencing Principles and Ranges==
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===Sentencing Profile===
; Maximum Penalties
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{{MaxPenaltyIndictable|s. 161 |'''{{Max5Years}}'''|}}
 
; Minimum Penalties
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; Available Dispositions
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{{Proving|gross indecency|161}}<Ref>
===Principles===
{{CanLIIR|Leroux|g1zjv|2013 SKQB 395 (CanLII)}} at para 72
===Ranges===
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{{seealsoRanges|Gross Indecency}}
{{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."


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==Ancillary Sentencing Orders==
{{seealso|Ancillary Orders}}
; Offence-specific Orders
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| [[DNA Orders]]  ||s. 161  ||
** {{SecondDNA(CtoE)|s. 161 }}
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| [[Weapons Prohibition Orders]]  || s. 161  ||
** {{Section110|s. 161 }}
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| [[Delayed_Parole_Eligibility|Delayed Parole Order]] ||s. 161  ||
* {{ParoleDelayEligible|1|s. 161 }}
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; General Sentencing Orders
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; General Forfeiture Orders
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==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:
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69, c. 38, s. 7, replaced s. 141 with s. 149A as follows:
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==1953-1954 Criminal Code==
===1953-1954 Criminal Code===
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; Acts of gross indecency
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==Criminal Code, 1927==
===Criminal Code, 1927===


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==Criminal Code, 1906==
===Criminal Code, 1906===
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; Acts of gross indecency.
; Acts of gross indecency.
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==Criminal Code, 1892==
===Criminal Code, 1892===
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; Acts of gross indecency.
; Acts of gross indecency.