Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024
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Section
of the Penal Code
Offence under the
Penal Code
Punishment
Rape
Rigorous imprisonment
for a term not less than
(a) by a public
ten years and not
officer on a
exceeding twenty years
woman in his
and fine and shall in
custody
addition be ordered to
pay compensation of an
(b) by a person
amount determined by
being on the
court to the person in
management or
respect of whom the
staff of a remand offence was committed
home, women’s for the injuries caused to
or children’s
such person and further
institution & c.
term of imprisonment
on any woman
which may extend up to
inmate
two years in case of
failure
to
pay
(c) by a person
compensation
being on the
management or
staff of a hospital
on a woman in
that hospital
(d) on a pregnant
woman
(e) on a woman
under eighteen
years
(f) on a mentally or
physically
disabled woman
(g) by a gang of
persons
Rape on a
woman under
sixteen years of
age and where
such woman
stands
Rigorous imprisonment
for a term not less than
fifteen years and not
exceeding twenty years
and fine
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