14 years (indictable) / 2 years less a day (summary)
Sexual interference is a hybrid offence with a 14-year indictable maximum. Under IRPA s.36(3)(a) a hybrid offence is deemed indictable, and the 14-year maximum is serious criminality under s.36(1)(a). Child sexual offences are treated with the greatest seriousness in admissibility assessments; deemed rehabilitation is not available and criminal rehabilitation is the only pathway.
151 Every person who, for a sexual purpose, touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of a person under the age of 16 years (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days.