# The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, Article 48: Causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in or agree to engage in sexual activity by inducement, threat or deception


(1) A person (A) commits an offence if—
(a) by means of an inducement offered or given, a threat made or a deception practised by him for this purpose, he intentionally causes another person (B) to engage in, or to agree to engage in, an activity,
(b) the activity is sexual,
(c) B has a mental disorder, and
(d) A knows or could reasonably be expected to know that B has a mental disorder.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article, if the activity caused or agreed to involved—
(a) penetration of B’s anus or vagina,
(b) penetration of B’s mouth with a person’s penis,
(c) penetration of a person’s anus or vagina with a part of B’s body or by B with anything else, or
(d) penetration of a person’s mouth with B’s penis,
is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.
(3) Unless paragraph (2) applies, a person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110800936/article/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-48
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