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CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1885 - SECT 4

Defilement of girl under fourteen years of age.

4. Any person who

unlawfully and carnally knows any girl under the age of [fourteen years] shall
be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable... to be kept
in penal servitude for life....

Any person who attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of any girl under
the age of [fourteen years] shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being
convicted thereof shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be
imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years....

Whereas doubts have been entertained whether a man who induces a married woman
to permit him to have connexion with her by personating her husband is or is
not guilty of rape, it is hereby enacted and declared that every such offender
shall be deemed to be guilty of rape.


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