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Last Updated: 21 March 2018
AN ACT TO REPEAL THE PENAL CODE AND MAKE COMPREHENSIVE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE ELEMENTS OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TO PRESCRIBE A RANGE OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES
[CR 207] The offence of rape207
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Penalty — Imprisonment for life.
(2) A person rapes another person if—
- (a)the person has carnal knowledge with or of the other person without the other person's consent; or
- (b)the person penetrates the vulva, vagina or anus of the other person to any extent with a thing or a part of the person's body that is not a penis without the other person's consent; or
- (c)the person penetrates the mouth of the other person to any extent with the person's penis without the other person's consent.
(3) For this section, a child under the age of 13 years is incapable of giving consent.