Part 1Sexual Offences

Other offences

70Sexual penetration of a corpse

F1(1)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

he intentionally performs an act of penetration with a part of his body or anything else,

(b)

what is penetrated is a part of the body of a dead person,

(c)

he knows that, or is reckless as to whether, that is what is penetrated, and

(d)

the penetration is sexual.

(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.