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.