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T H E PALESTINE
(b)
GAZETTE
28th September, 1936
endeavours to facilitate such intercourse
strument or other physical means,
is guilty of a misdemeanour
two years.
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and is liable to imprisonment
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(2) It shall be a good defence to a charge brought under para
graph (a) of sub-section (1) hereof that notwithstanding the fact
that the female is under fifteen years completed,
(i) she has reached puberty, and
(ii) prior to such intercourse, a certificate (which certificate
shall be deemed to be a certificate w i t h i n the meaning of
section 12 of the Medical Practitioners Ordinance, 1928)
had been obtained from a- medical practitioner licensed to
practise medicine under the Medical Practitioners Or
dinance, 1928, that no physical i l l effects would be likely
to follow the consummation of the marriage by her.
Indecent act
with force, etc.
157.
A n y person who commits or attempts to commit an
indecent act upon the person of another against his w i l l by the
use of force or threats, or when he is i n a state of unconsciousness
or otherwise incapable of resisting, or by use of force or threats
compels a person to commit or' to submit to any indecent act, is
guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for five years.
Indecent act
without force.
158.
A n y person who commits or attempts to commit an
indecent act upon the person of another without his consent, but
without force or threats, or where consent is obtained by deception
as to the nature of the' act or as to the person by whom it is
committed, or induces or attempts to induce any person whom
he knows to be insane or imbecile to commit or to submit to any
indecent act, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to i m
prisonment for two years or to a fine'of one hundred pounds.
Indecent act
committed upon
child.
159.
A n y person who commits an indecent act upon any
person under the age of sixteen years is guilty of a misdemeanour
and is liable to imprisonment for three years.
Indecency in
public.
160.
A n y person who does or makes any indecent act or
gesture i n a public place or public gathering or i n such a way
that it may be seen by a person i n a public place, is guilty of a
misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for six months or to
a fine of fifty pounds or to both such penalties.
Procuration
for immoral
purposes.
161.
A n y person who :—
( a ) procures or attempts to procure any female under the
age of twenty years, not being a common prostitute or
of k n o w n immoral character, •to have unlawful sexual
intercourse, either w i t h i n or without Palestine, w i t h any
other person ; o r
( b ) procures or attempts to procure any female to become,
either within or without Palestine, a common prostitute; or
(c) procures or attempts to procure any female to leave
Palestine, with intent that she may become an inmate of
or frequent a brothel elsewhere ; o r
( d ) procures or attempts to procure any person
age of sixteen years to commit sodomy; or
under the
( e ) procures or attempts to procure any female to leave her
usual place of abode i n Palestine, such place not being a
• brothel, w i t h intent that she may, for the purpose of