Part 1Rape etc.

Sexual assault and other sexual offences

6Coercing a person into looking at a sexual image

1

If a person (“A”) intentionally and for a purpose mentioned in subsection (2) causes another person (“B”)—

a

without B consenting, and

b

without any reasonable belief that B consents,

to look at a sexual image, then A commits an offence, to be known as the offence of coercing a person into looking at a sexual image.

2

The purposes are—

a

obtaining sexual gratification,

b

humiliating, distressing or alarming B.

3

For the purposes of subsection (1), a sexual image is an image (produced by whatever means and whether or not a moving image) of—

a

A engaging in a sexual activity or of a third person or imaginary person so engaging,

b

A’s genitals or the genitals of a third person or imaginary person.