Part 1Sexual Offences

Inducements etc. to persons with a mental disorder

37Causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act by inducement, threat or deception

(1)

A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)

for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, he intentionally causes another person (B) to watch a third person engaging in an activity, or to look at an image of any person engaging in an activity,

(b)

the activity is sexual,

(c)

B agrees to watch or look because of an inducement offered or given, a threat made or a deception practised by A for the purpose of obtaining that agreement,

(d)

B has a mental disorder, and

(e)

A knows or could reasonably be expected to know that B has a mental disorder.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this section 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 10 years.