(a) that the female person was the spouse of the accused person at the time of any sexual intercourse or
other act that forms the subject of the charge:
Provided that no prosecution shall be instituted against any husband for raping or indecently
assaulting his wife in contravention of section sixty-six or sixty-seven unless the Attorney-General has
authorised such a prosecution; or
(b) subject to sections six, seven and sixty-three, that the accused person was a male person below the age of
fourteen years at the time of the sexual intercourse or other act that forms the subject of the charge.
69 Cases where consent absent or vitiated
(1) Without limiting Part XII of Chapter XIV, a person shall be deemed not to have consented to sexual
intercourse or any other act that forms the subject of a charge of rape, aggravated indecent assault or indecent
assault, where the person charged with the crime
(a) uses violence or threats of violence or intimidation or unlawful pressure to induce the other person to
submit; or
(b) by means of a fraudulent misrepresentation induces the other person to believe that something other than
sexual intercourse or an indecent act, as the case may be, is taking place; or
(c) induces the other person to have sexual intercourse or to submit to the performance of the indecent act,
as the case may be, by impersonating that other person’s spouse, or lover; or
(d) has sexual intercourse or performs an indecent act upon the other person while that other person is
asleep, and that other person has not consented to the sexual intercourse or the performance of the act
before falling asleep; or
(e) has sexual intercourse or performs an indecent act upon the other person while that other person is
hypnotised or intoxicated from the consumption of drugs or alcohol so as to be incapable of giving
consent to the sexual intercourse or the performance of the act, and that other person has not consented
to the sexual intercourse or the performance of the act before becoming so hypnotised or intoxicated.
(2) The burden of proving that a person referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection (1) gave consent to
sexual intercourse or the performance of an indecent act before falling asleep or becoming hypnotised or
intoxicated, as the case may be, shall lie with the person charged.
70 Sexual intercourse or performing indecent acts with young persons
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who—
(a) has extra-marital sexual intercourse with a young person; or
(b) commits upon a young person any act involving physical contact that would be regarded by a reasonable
person to be an indecent act; or
(c) solicits or entices a young person to have extra-marital sexual intercourse with him or her or to commit
any act with him or her involving physical contact that would be regarded by a reasonable person to be
an indecent act;
shall be guilty of sexual intercourse or performing an indecent act with a young person, as the case may be, and
liable to a fine not exceeding level twelve or imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years or both.
(2) It shall be no defence to a charge of sexual intercourse or performing an indecent act with a young person
to prove that he or she consented to such sexual intercourse or indecent act.
(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) for the accused person to satisfy the court that he or
she had reasonable cause to believe that the young person concerned was of or over the age of sixteen years at the
time of the alleged crime:
Provided that the apparent physical maturity of the young person concerned shall not, on its own, constitute
reasonable cause for the purposes of this subsection.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt—
(a) the competent charge against a person who—
(i) has sexual intercourse with a female person below the age of twelve years, shall be rape; or
(ii) commits upon a female or male person below the age of twelve years any act referred to in
subsection (1) of section sixty-six, shall be aggravated indecent assault;
(iii) commits upon a female or male person below the age of twelve years any act involving physical
contact (other than an act referred to in subsection (1) of section sixty-six) that would be
regarded by a reasonable person to be an indecent act, shall be indecent assault;
(iv) without the consent of a female person of or above the age of twelve years but below the age of
sixteen years, has sexual intercourse with that female person, shall be rape; or
(v) without the consent of a female or male person of or above the age of twelve years but below the
age of sixteen years, commits upon that female or male person any act referred to in subsection
(1) of section sixty-six, shall be aggravated indecent assault;
(vi) without the consent of a female or male person of or above the age of twelve years but below the
age of sixteen years, commits upon that female or male person any act involving physical
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