Part 1Sexual Offences

Other offences

67Voyeurism

F1(1)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, he observes another person doing a private act, and

(b)

he knows that the other person does not consent to being observed for his sexual gratification.

(2)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

he operates equipment with the intention of enabling another person to observe, for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, a third person (B) doing a private act, and

(b)

he knows that B does not consent to his operating equipment with that intention.

(3)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

he records another person (B) doing a private act,

(b)

he does so with the intention that he or a third person will, for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, look at an image of B doing the act, and

(c)

he knows that B does not consent to his recording the act with that intention.

(4)

A person commits an offence if he instals equipment, or constructs or adapts a structure or part of a structure, with the intention of enabling himself or another person to commit an offence under subsection (1).

(5)

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.