Making Sexually Explicit Materials Available to Child (Offence): Difference between revisions

 

{{OffenceBox |OffenceTitle=Making Sexually Explicit Materials Available to Child |OffencePage=Making Sexually Explicit Materials Available to Child |Section=171.1|Act={{OBCCC}} |CrownElection={{OBHybridElection}}|Jurisdiction={{OBJurisdictionAll}} |Bail={{OBBailAll}}|SummaryDisp= {{OBDispMin}}|SummaryMin={{OBTime|90 days}} |SummaryMax= {{OBTime|2 years less a day}} |IndictableDisp= {{OBDispSame}} |IndictableMin= {{OBTime|6 months}} |IndictableMax= {{OBTime|14 years}} }}

'''Pleadings'''<br>

{{PleadingsHeader}}

{{PleadingsHybridList|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child] | Yes | {{YesIfCrown}} }}

{{PleadingsHybridElection|s. 171.1}}

'''Release'''<Br>

|s. 171.1 || {{ReleaseProfileAll}}  

{{ReleaseAllOptions|s. 171.1}}

'''Publication Bans'''<br>

{{486.4PublicationBan|s. 171.1}}

{{WiretapDesignation|s. 171.1}}

{{SPIODesignation|A|s. 171.1}}

{{quotation|

'''Making sexually explicit material available to child'''<Br>

:(a) a person who is, or who the accused believes is, under the age of 18 years, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence with respect to that person under subsection 153(1), section 155, 163.1, 170, 171 or 279.011 or subsection 279.02(2), 279.03(2), 286.1(2), 286.2(2) or 286.3(2);

:(b) a person who is, or who the accused believes is, under the age of 16 years, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence under section 151 or 152, subsection 160(3) or 173(2) or section 271, 272, 273 or 280 with respect to that person; or

:(c) a person who is, or who the accused believes is, under the age of 14 years, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence under section 281 with respect to that person.

'''Punishment'''<br>

(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1)

2012, c. 1, s. 21; 2014, c. 25, s. 8; 2015, c. 23, s. 10.

|[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2#sec171.1 CCC]

# the culprit "transmits, makes available, distributes or sells" materials

# the materials are "sexually explicit"

# the culprit believes the recipient is under 18

# the prohibited act intends to groom or reduce the sexual inhibitions of the target (i.e. "facilitate")

# the purpose of reducing inhibitions was to commit an enumerated offence:

## under s. 171.1(1)(a), relating to a person under 18 years:

### [[Sexual Exploitation (Offence)|sexual exploitation]] (153(1));

### [[Incest (Offence)|incest]] (155);

### [[Child Pornography (Offence)|child pornography]] (163.1);

### [[Parent or Guardian Procuring Sexual Activity (Offence)|parent or guardian procuring sexual activity]] (170);

### [[Householder Permitting Sexual Activity (Offence)|householder permitting sexual activity]] (171);  

### [[Trafficking in Persons (Offence)|trafficking of a person under the age of eighteen years]] (279.011);

### [[Trafficking in Persons (Offence)|material benefit — trafficking of person under 18 years]] (279.02(2));

### [[Trafficking in Persons (Offence)|withholding or destroying documents — trafficking of person under 18 years]] (279.03(2));

### [[Commodification of Sexual Services (Offence)|Obtaining sexual services for consideration from person under 18 years]] (286.1(2));

### [[Commodification of Sexual Services (Offence)|Material benefit from sexual services provided by person under 18 years]] (286.2(2));

### [[Commodification of Sexual Services (Offence)|Procuring — person under 18 years]] (286.3(2));

## under s. 171.1(1)((b), relating to person under 16 years:

### [[Sexual Interference (Offence)|sexual interference]] (151);

### [[Invitation to Sexual Touching (Offence)|invitation to sexual touching]] (152);  

### [[Bestiality (Offence)|Bestiality in presence of or by child]] (160(3));

### [[Indecent Act (Offence)|Exposure]] (173(2));

### [[Sexual Assault (Offence)|sexual assault]] (271);

### [[Sexual Assault with a Weapon or Causing Bodily Harm (Offence)|sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm]] (272);

### [[Aggravated Sexual Assault (Offence)|aggravated assault]] (273); or

### [[Abduction of a Young Person (Offence)|Abduction of person under sixteen]] (280);

## under s. 171.1(1)(c), relating to person under 14 years:

### [[Abduction of a Young Person (Offence)|Abduction of person under fourteen]] (281).

{{quotation|

171.1 <br>...<br>

'''Presumption'''<br>

(3) Evidence that the person referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) was represented to the accused as being under the age of 18, 16 or 14 years, as the case may be, is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the accused believed that the person was under that age.

<br>

...<br>

2012, c. 1, s. 21.

|[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2#sec171.1 CCC]

{{quotation|

171.1 <br>...<br>

'''No defence'''<br>

(4) It is not a defence to a charge under paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) that the accused believed that the person referred to in that paragraph was at least 18, 16 or 14 years of age, as the case may be, unless the accused took reasonable steps to ascertain the age of the person.

2012, c. 1, s. 21.

|[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2#sec171.1 CCC]

{{quotation|

171.1 <br>...<br>

'''Definition of “sexually explicit material”'''<br>

(5) In subsection (1), “sexually explicit material” means material that is not child pornography, as defined in subsection 163.1(1), and that is

2012, c. 1, s. 21.

|[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2#sec171.1 CCC]

'''Testimonial Aids'''<br>

'''On Finding of Guilt'''<br>

 

'''Maximum Penalties'''<br>

{{SProfileMax|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child]<br> From July 16, 2015 | Summary Election| 6 months custody}}

{{SProfileMax|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child] <br> From July 16, 2015| Indictable Election| 2 years custody}}

{{SProfileMax|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child]<br> June 22, 2007 to July 15, 2015 | Summary Election | 18 months custody }}

{{SProfileMax|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child]<Br> June 22, 2007 to Until July 15, 2015 | Indictable Election | 10 years custody }}

{{MaxPenaltyHybrid|s. 171.1|'''2 years incarceration'''|'''6 months incarceration'''}}

'''Minimum Penalties'''<br>

{{SProfileMin|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child]<br>From July 16, 2015 | Summary Election| 90 days custody | Same }}

{{SProfileMin|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child]<br>From July 16, 2015 | Indictable Election| 6 months custody | Same }}

{{SProfileMin|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child]<Br>August 9, 2012 to July 15, 2015 | Summary Election | 30 days custody |Same }}

{{SProfileMin|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child]<Br> August 9, 2012 to July 15, 2015 | Indictable Election | 90 days custody|Same }}

{{SProfileMin|s. 171.1 [making sexually explicit materials available to child]<Br> Until August 8, 2012 | Any  | None |Same }}

{{MinPenaltyHybrid|s. 171.1|'''90 days jail'''|'''30 days jail'''}}

'''Available Dispositions'''<br>

|s. 171.1 || any || {{SProfileOnlyJail}}

'''Consecutive Sentences'''<Br>

{{NoConsecutive}}

'''Young Victim'''<br>

'''Offence-specific Orders'''

{{AOrder1| [[DNA Orders]] | s. 171.1 |

'''General Sentencing Orders'''

'''General Forfeiture Orders'''

{{seealso|List of Criminal Code Amendments}}