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CAP. 224
Penal Code
2008 Ed.
Sexual offences
Rape
375.—(1) Any man who penetrates the vagina of a woman with his
penis —
(a) without her consent; or
(b) with or without her consent, when she is under 14 years of
age,
shall be guilty of an offence.
[51/2007]
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a man who is guilty of an offence
under this section shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to
caning.
[51/2007]
(3) Whoever —
(a) in order to commit or to facilitate the commission of an
offence under subsection (1) —
(i) voluntarily causes hurt to the woman or to any other
person; or
(ii) puts her in fear of death or hurt to herself or any other
person; or
(b) commits an offence under subsection (1) with a woman
under 14 years of age without her consent,
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 8 years
and not more than 20 years and shall also be punished with caning
with not less than 12 strokes.
[51/2007]
(4) No man shall be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) against
his wife, who is not under 13 years of age, except where at the time of
the offence —
(a) his wife was living apart from him —
(i) under an interim judgment of divorce not made final or
a decree nisi for divorce not made absolute;
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