Part XI Sexual Offences

Rape

142 Rape of women and men.

For section 1 of the M1Sexual 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.