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Penal Code (Amendment) Act (No. 22 of 1995) - Sect 12

Replacement of section 363 0f the principal enactment

12. Section 363 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :-
363. A man is said to commit " rape " who enactment has sexual intercourse with, a woman under circumstances falling under any of the following descriptions:-
(a) without her consent even where such woman is his wife and she is judicially separated from the man
(b) with her consent when her consent has been obtained, by use of force or threats or intimidation or by putting her to. fear of death or hurt, or while she was in unlawful detention.
(c)with her consent when her consent has been obtained at a time when she was of unsound mind or was in a state of intoxication Induced by alcohol or drugs, administered to her by the man or by some other person
(d) with her consent when the man knows that he is not her husband, and that her consent is given because the believes that he is another man to whom she is, or believed herself to be, lawfully married;
(e) with or without her consent when she is under sixteen years of age, unless the woman Is his wife who is over twelve years of age and is not judicially separated from the man.

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