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Section 6 of Sexual Offences Act: Compelled or induced indecent acts

    

A person who intentionally and unlawfully compels, induces or causes another person to engage in an indecent act with—
(a) the person compelling, inducing or causing the other person to engage in the act;
(b) a third person;
(c) that other person himself or herself; or
(d) an object, including any part of the body of an animal, in circumstances where that other person—
(i) would otherwise not have committed or allowed the indecent act; or
(ii) is incapable in law of appreciating the nature of an indecent act, including the circumstances referred to in section 43,
is guilty of an offence and is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years.

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