28th September, 1936
1005
CHAPTER
XVII.
O F F E N C E S AGAINST
MORALITY.
151.
F o r the purpose of this chapter any house, room or set
of rooms i n any house which is occupied or frequented by two
or more females for the purpose of prostitution shall be deemed
to be a brothel.
152.—(1) A n y person who :( a ) has unlawful sexual intercourse w i t h a female against
her w i l l by the use of force or threats of death or severe
bodily h a r m , or when she is i n a state of unconsciousness
or otherwise incapable of resisting; or
Interpretation of
brothel,
Sexual and
unnatural
offences.
( b ) commits an act of sodomy with any person against his
w i l l by the use of force or threats of death or severe bodily
h a r m , or when he is i n a state of unconsciousness or
otherwise incapable of resisting; or
(c) has unlawful sexual intercourse or commits an act of
sodomy w i t h a child under the age of sixteen years,
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen
years:
Provided that it shall be a sufficient defence to any charge of
having unlawful sexual intercourse w ith a female under paragraph
(c) of this sub-section if it shall be made to appear to the court
before which the charge shall be brought that the person so
charged had reasonable cause to believe that the female was of
or above the age of sixteen years.
T
(2) A n y person w h o : —
( a ) has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of
nature; or
(6) has carnal knowledge of an a n i m a l ; or
(c) permits a male person to have carnal knowledge of h i m
or her against the order of nature,
is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for ten years.
153.
A n y person who has unlawful sexual intercourse w i t h a
female w h o m he knows to be insane or imbecile, or w i t h a female
whose consent has been obtained by threats or deception as to
the nature of the act or as to the person committing i t , is guilty
of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for ten years.
Eape by
deception.
154.
A n y person attempting to commit an offence under either
of the two preceding sections is guilty of a felony and is liable to
imprisonment for seven years.
Attempt to commit rape, etc.
155.
A n y person who has unlawful sexual intercourse, or aids
or abets another to have such intercourse, w i t h an unmarried
girl who is above the age of sixteen and under the age of twentyone years and is his descendant or the descendant of his wife, or
is his ward, or has been entrusted to h i m for the purpose of
education or supervision, is guilty of a felony and is liable to
imprisonment for five years.
Illicit relation
with unmarried
girl.
156. —(1) A n y person who, being married to a girl under the
age of fifteen years completed:—
Intercourse by
husband with
girl under
fifteen years.
(a)
has sexual intercourse w i t h her, or