Rape of a child

Every person who rapes another person and that person is under the age of sixteen years commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to– (a) imprisonment for not less than twelve years, but may extend to life, where that other person was over fourteen but under the age of sixteen years at the time the offence was committed; or (b) imprisonment for not less than fifteen years, but may extend to life, where that other person was under the age of fourteen years at the time the offence was committed.