http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1769/article/71/madeThe Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008RapeSex offencesChild abuseSexual abuseChildren in careenGovernment Printer for Northern Ireland2016-06-21NORTHERN IRELANDThis Order makes provision about sexual offences.PART 6MISCELLANEOUS SEXUAL OFFENCESOther offences
71Voyeurism1

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, and

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 paragraph (1).

5

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.

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