PART 6 N.I.MISCELLANEOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES

Other offences N.I.

Sexual penetration of a corpse N.I.

74.—(1) A person commits an offence if—

(a) he intentionally performs an act of penetration with [F1 a part of his body or anything else],

(b) what is penetrated is a part of the body of a dead person, and

(c) he knows that, or is reckless as to whether, that is what is penetrated, and

(d) the penetration is sexual.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 74(1)(a) substituted (5.7.2011) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 110(1), 111(2)(c), Sch. 7 para. 15(1) (with s. 106(4))