PUNISHMENT OF INCEST.
No. 3 of 1916.
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1916.
No. 1 of 1916, repealed by No. 8 of 1920.
No. 2 of 1916, incorporated in No. 8 of 1934.
No. 3 of 1916.
An Ordinance to provide for the punishment of incest.
[Originally No. 3 of 1916.
Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]
[28th April, 1916.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Punishment of Incest Ordinance, 1916.
Short title.
males.
+ [cf. No. 1 of 1932, s. 17.]
2. (1) Every male person who has carnal knowledge of a female person, who is to his knowledge his granddaughter, daughter, sister or mother, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years: Provided that if, on an indictment for any such offence, it is alleged in the indictment and proved that the female person is under the age of thirteen years, the same punishment may be imposed as may be imposed under section 6 of the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897.
Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.
(2) It is immaterial that the carnal knowledge was had with the consent of the female person.
(3) Every male person who attempts to commit any such offence as aforesaid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years.
* See also No. 14 of 1906 [Criminal Evidence], s. 5 (1) and Schedule.
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.