Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935
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Amendment of the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908. |
12.—The Punishment of Incest Act, 1908 , is hereby amended in the following respects, that is to say:— | |
(a) the word “fifteen” shall be substituted for the word “thirteen” where that word firstly occurs in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 1, and | ||
(b) the reference in the said proviso to section 4 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 , shall be construed as a reference to section 1 (which deals with the defilement of girls under fifteen years of age) of this Act, and | ||
(c) the word “seventeen” shall be substituted for the word “sixteen” where that word occurs in section 2, and the said Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly. |