Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

Part XI U.K. Sexual Offences

Rape E+W

142 Rape of women and men. E+W

For section 1 of the M1 Sexual Offences Act 1956 (rape of a woman) there shall be substituted the following section—

“1 Rape of woman or man.

(1) It is an offence for a man to rape a woman or another man.

(2) A man commits rape if—

(a) he has sexual intercourse with a person (whether vaginal or anal) who at the time of the intercourse does not consent to it; and

(b) at the time he knows that the person does not consent to the intercourse or is reckless as to whether that person consents to it.

(3) A man also commits rape if he induces a married woman to have sexual intercourse with him by impersonating her husband.

(4) Subsection (2) applies for the purpose of any enactment.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 1956 c. 69.