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.