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Procuring Sexual Services Laws in Canada

Part VIII of the Criminal Code / Against the Person and Reputation

Coercing or Facilitating Sexual Services

If you have been charged with a crime in Ottawa, you should consult with a criminal defence lawyer in your area

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Ottawa, Ontario
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Ottawa, Ontario
285 Carruthers Avenue
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Carroll & Wallace Barristers

Ottawa, Ontario
190 O'Connor Street, Suite 300, Third Floor
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Ottawa, Ontario
400 Dalhousie St Unit 209
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Ottawa, Ontario
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AEH Criminal Law

Ottawa, Ontario
185 Somerset Street West, Suite 305
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Procuring Sexual Services in Ottawa, Ontario - Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Legal Terms

Consideration

Money, drugs, alcohol or any other form of payment in exchange for sexual services.

Indictable offence

Indictable offences are the most serious offences under the Criminal Code and they come with more serious punishments, up to a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Prostitution

A transaction that involves both the purchase and the sale of sexual services, with only the purchase being illegal. It is also illegal to live on the material benefits of someone else's sex work.

Reasonable doubt

The Supreme Court of Canada has said that reasonable doubt “falls much closer to absolute certainty than to proof on a balance of probabilities” and “that something less than absolute certainty is required, and that something more than probable guilt is required."

Sexual services

An act that is sexual in nature and whose purpose is to sexually gratify the person who receives it.

Procuring Sexual Services in Ottawa, Ontario - Tagged With:
Code Citations: Section 286.3
Procuring Sexual Services in Ottawa, Ontario - Referenced Links