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Sexual assault is defined as sexual contact with another person without that other person's consent. Consent is defined in section 273.1 (1) as "the voluntary agreement of the complainant to engage in the sexual activity in question". Section 265 of the Criminal Code defines the offences of assault and sexual assault.
Sexual violence is any harmful or unwanted sexual act —or attempt to obtain a sexual act through violence or coercion —or an act directed against a person's sexuality without their consent, by any individual regardless of their relationship to the victim. [1] [2] [3] This includes forced engagement in sexual acts, attempted or completed ...
Assault of a child under 13 by penetration, contrary to section 6 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; Sexual assault of a child under 13, contrary to section 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; Causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, contrary to section 8 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; Offences against children under 16 ...
Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability, or is below the legal age of ...
Sexual misconduct is misconduct of a sexual nature which exists on a spectrum [1] that may include a broad range [2] of sexual behaviors considered unwelcome. This includes conduct considered inappropriate on an individual or societal basis of morality, [3] sexual harassment and/or criminal sexual assault. However generally, [3] from a purely ...
Likewise assault by penetration, sexual assault, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and child sex offences are copied from the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Pursuant to article 5(5), any reference to rape in a statutory provision must be construed in accordance with article 5(1).
Indecent assault was a broadly defined offence under sections 14 and 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956. It was replaced, with prospective effect only, by sexual assault under section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. A range of acts toward the more severe among those in its actus reus augmented other offences, including rape (section 1 ...
PIERRE — There may soon be a specific civil course of action for survivors of sexual assault where a sexual partner removes a condom without consent during sex. The act, known as stealthing, has ...