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Rape defined

Cap. 101, s. 71 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Rape is the penetration of a person's mouth, vagina or anus, with a penis, without that person's consent. (2) It is hereby declared that if at a trial for rape the jury has to consider whether a man believed that a person was consenting to the penetration by his penis, the presence or absence of reasonable grounds for such a belief is a matter to which the jury is to have regard, in conjunction any other relevant matters, in considering whether he so believed. 71

Amended by: 12 of 2014

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