# Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, Section 6: Coercing a person into looking at a sexual image


(1) If a person (“A”) intentionally and for a purpose mentioned in subsection (2) causes another person (“B”)—
(a) without B consenting, and
(b) without any reasonable belief that B consents,
to look at a sexual image, then A commits an offence, to be known as the offence of coercing a person into looking at a sexual image.
(2) The purposes are—
(a) obtaining sexual gratification,
(b) humiliating, distressing or alarming B.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a sexual image is an image (produced by whatever means and whether or not a moving image) of—
(a) A engaging in a sexual activity or of a third person or imaginary person so engaging,
(b) A's genitals or the genitals of a third person or imaginary person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/9/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009/section-6
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

