Criminal law amendment Act 2013

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Notes on Sexual offences against woman as per Amendment Act 2013

Criminal law amendment Act 2013 has expanded protection to woman against sexual offences and several new offences are brought on statute book.

Earlier provisions dealing with offence of Rape namely

S 375,376,376A,376B,376C and 376D have been substituted by new sections which are as under:

Definition of Rape(S 375)

A man is said to commit rape if he-

a) penetrates his penis,to any extent,into the vagina,mouth,urethra,or anus of a woman or make her to do so with him or any other person;or

b)insert,to any extent,any object or a part of the body,not being the penis,into the vagina,the urethra or anus of woman or make her to do so with him or any other person;or

c)manipulates any part of the body of a woman so as to cause penetration in to the vagina,the urethra or anus of woman or make her to do so with him or any other person;or

d)applies his mouth to vagina,anus, urethra of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person,-

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