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Versions of s. 271(b)

C-46 — Criminal Code · 3 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2026-07-18 to present available View Source
    an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 18two monthsyears less a day or, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of six months.
    Full text

    an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day or, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of six months.

  2. 2015-07-17 to 2026-07-18 View Source
    an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not exceedingmore than 18 months and,or, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90six days.months.
    Full text

    an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 18 months or, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of six months.

  3. 2012-08-09 to 2015-07-17 View Source

    an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months and, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days.