# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Section 113: Exposure

Extent: E+W

In the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in section 66 (exposure), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) A person (A) who intentionally exposes A’s genitals commits an offence if—
(a) A intends that someone will see the genitals and be caused alarm, distress or humiliation, or
(b) A exposes the genitals for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification and does so—
(i) with the intention that someone will see them, and
(ii) being reckless as to whether someone who sees them will be caused alarm, distress or humiliation.
(1A) But where A intends only that a particular person, or particular persons, will see A’s genitals, A does not commit an offence by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) unless A is reckless as to whether that person, or at least one of those persons, will be caused alarm, distress or humiliation.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/113 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-113
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