Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007
(b) detains a person with the intention that a crime referred to in paragraph (a) should be
committed by another person against the person so detained;
may be charged with being an accomplice or accessory to the commission of the crime
concerned, or with kidnapping or unlawful detention, or both.
Division C: Indecent or sexual conduct harmful to public morals or public health
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Public indecency
(1) Any person who⎯
(a) indecently exposes himself or herself or engages in any other indecent conduct which
causes offence to any other person in or near a public place, or in or near a private
place within the view of such other person; or
(b) knowing or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that he or she will be heard,
utters or makes use of indecent or obscene language in or near a public place, or in or
near a private place within the hearing of another person; or
(c) sings any indecent or obscene song in or near a public place, or in or near a private
place within the hearing of another person, knowing or realising that there is a real risk
or possibility that he or she will be heard; or
(d) writes or draws any indecent or obscene word, figure or representation in or near a
public place, or in or near a private place in the view of another person, knowing or
realising that there is a real risk or possibility that such writing or drawing will be
seen;
shall be guilty of public indecency and liable to a fine not exceeding level nine or imprisonment
for a period not exceeding six months or both.
(2) No person shall be convicted of public indecency unless the words or conduct in
question are sufficiently serious to warrant punishment, for which purpose a court shall take into
account the following factors in addition to any others that are relevant in the particular case⎯
(a) the nature of the words or conduct;
(b) the extent to which the words were repeated or the conduct was persisted in, as the
case may be;
(c) the age and gender of the person who heard the words or witnessed the conduct;
(d) any previous relationship between the parties;
(e) the degree of offence caused to the person who heard the words or witnessed the
conduct.
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Deliberate infection of another with a sexually-transmitted disease
(1) In this section⎯
“sexually-transmitted disease” includes syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, and all other forms of
sexually-transmitted diseases except, for the purposes of this section, HIV.
(2) Any person who⎯
(a) knowing that he or she is suffering from a sexually-transmitted disease; or
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