In especially serious cases the penalty shall be imprisonment of not less than two years. An especially serious case typically occurs if
- the offender performs sexual intercourse with the victim or performs similar sexual acts with the victim, or allows them to be performed on himself by the victim, especially if they degrade the victim or if they entail penetration of the body (rape); or
- the offence is committed jointly by more than one person.
Legal Source
Criminal Code, Section 177 (2)
Observations
Offence of rape together with sexual assault. Sexual assault and rape used to be treated as separate offences in the past.