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SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1966 - SECT 19 Sexual exposure

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1966 - SECT 19

Sexual exposure

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

        (a)     A exposes (to any extent) A's genitals; and

        (b)     A intends to expose (to any extent) A's genitals; and

        (c)     the exposure is sexual; and

        (d)     the exposure is in, or is within the view of, a public place.

    (2)     A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to level 7 imprisonment (2 years maximum).

    (3)     It is not a defence to a charge for an offence against subsection (1) that, at the time of the conduct constituting the offence, A was under a mistaken but honest and reasonable belief that the exposure was not sexual.

    (4)     It is a defence to a charge for an offence against subsection (1) that, at the time of the conduct constituting the offence, A was under a mistaken but honest and reasonable belief that the exposure was not in, or within the view of, a public place.

    (5)     For the purposes of subsection (1), A's exposure of A's genitals may be sexual due to—

        (a)     the fact that A seeks or gets sexual arousal or sexual gratification from the exposure; or

        (b)     any other aspect of the exposure, including the circumstances in which it takes place and whether it is contrary to community standards of acceptable conduct.

    (6)     A's exposure of A's genitals is not sexual only because it is the genitals that are exposed.

S. 19(7) inserted by No. 5/2018 s. 20.

    (7)     In this section, a reference to genitals includes a reference to surgically altered or constructed genitals.

Conduct of Refreshment Houses

No. 6337 s. 32.