Part 1Sexual Offences
Other offences
66Exposure
F1F2(1)
A person (A) who intentionally exposes A’s genitals commits an offence if—
(a)
A intends that someone will see the genitals and be caused alarm, distress or humiliation, or
(b)
A exposes the genitals for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification and does so—
(i)
with the intention that someone will see them, and
(ii)
being reckless as to whether someone who sees them will be caused alarm, distress or humiliation.
(1A)
But where A intends only that a particular person, or particular persons, will see A’s genitals, A does not commit an offence by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) unless A is reckless as to whether that person, or at least one of those persons, will be caused alarm, distress or humiliation.
(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 2 years.