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.