Part I Offences, and the Prosecution and Punishment of Offences

Intercourse by force, intimidation, etc.

1F1 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.