1971 Ed.]
Offences against the Person.
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o conceal the birth thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor able summarily, and shall be liable to imprisonment for two
years:
Provided that if any person tried for the murder of any child is acquitted thereof, it shall be lawful for the jury by whose verdict such person is acquitted to find, in case it so appears in evidence, that the child had recently been born, and that such person did, by some secret disposition of the dead body of such child, endeavour to conceal the birth thereof, and thereupon the court may pass such sentence as if such person had been convicted on an indictment for the concealment of the birth.
(Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2 and 5; 43 of 1912, and 22 of 1950, s. 3)
ABOMINABLE OFFENCES.
49. Any person who is convicted of the abominable crime of buggery, committed either with mankind or with any animal, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life. (Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2 and 5)
50. Any person who-
(a) attempts to commit the said abominable crime; or
(b) is guilty of any assault with intent to commit the same,
or of any indecent assault upon any male person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprison- ment for ten years.
(Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2 and 5)
51. Any male person who, in public or private, commits, or is a party to the commission of, or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of any act of gross indecency with another male person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor triable summarily, and shall be liable to imprisonment for two years.
(3 of 1901, s. 2, incorporated. Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2 and 5, and 22 of 1950, s. 3)
52. It shall be no defence to a charge or indictment for an indecent assault on a male person under the age of thirteen to prove that he consented to the act of indecency.
(3 of 1901, s. 3, incorporated)
53. Whenever, on the trial of any offence punishable under this or any other Ordinance, it is necessary to prove carnal knowl- edge, it shall not be necessary to prove the actual emission of seed in order to constitute a carnal knowledge, but carnal knowl- edge shall be deemed complete on proof of penetration only.
(Amended, 51 of 1911, Schedule)
Sodomy and bestiality.
1861 c. 100, s. 61.
Attempt to commit unnatural offence.
1861 c. 100, s; 62.
Act of gross indecency by male with male. 1885 c. 69, s. 11.
Consent.
1880 c. 45, s. 2.
Definition of carnal knowledge. 1861 c. 100, s. 63.
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