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OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 - SECT 53

Indecent assault upon a female.

53. Where any woman of any age shall have any interest, whether legal or
equitable, present or future, absolute, conditional, or contingent, in any
real or personal estate, or shall be a presumptive heiress or coheiress, or
presumptive next of kin, or one of the presumptive next of kin, to any one
having such interest, whosoever shall, from motives of lucre, take away or
detain such woman against her will, with intent to marry or carnally know her,
or to cause her to be married or carnally known by any other person, and
whosoever shall fraudulently ..., take away, or detain such woman, being under
the age of [eighteen] years, out of the possession and against the will of her
father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of
her, with intent to marry or carnally know her, or to cause her to be married
or carnally known by any other person, shall be guilty of felony, and being
convicted thereof shall be liable ... to be kept in penal servitude for any
term not exceeding fourteen years ....

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