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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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