Section 471.25 Criminal Code Act | Use Postal Service to Groom Child Under 16

471.25 Using a postal or similar service to “groom” persons under 16

(1) A person (the sender) commits an offence if:

(a) the sender causes an article to be carried by a postal or similar service to another person (the recipient); and

(b) the sender does this with the intention of making it easier to procure the recipient to engage in sexual activity with the sender; and

(c) the recipient is someone who is, or who the sender believes to be, under 16; and

(d) the sender is at least 18.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 years.

(2) A person (the sender) commits an offence if:

(a) the sender causes an article to be carried by a postal or similar service to another person (the recipient); and

(b) the sender does this with the intention of making it easier to procure the recipient to engage in sexual activity with another person (the participant); and

(c) the recipient is someone who is, or who the sender believes to be, under 16; and

(d) the participant is someone who is, or who the sender believes to be, at least 18.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 years.

(3) A person (the sender) commits an offence if:

(a) the sender causes an article to be carried by a postal or similar service to another person (the recipient); and

(b) the sender does this with the intention of making it easier to procure the recipient to engage in sexual activity with another person; and

(c) the recipient is someone who is, or who the sender believes to be, under 16; and

(d) the other person referred to in paragraph (b) is someone who is, or who the sender believes to be, under 18; and

(e) the sender intends that the sexual activity referred to in paragraph (b) will take place in the presence of:

(i) the sender; or

(ii) another person (the participant) who is, or who the sender believes to be, at least 18.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.