Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is not correct about rape?

  1. Consent is immaterial if she is under 16 years of age.

  2. Penetration is sufficient.

  3. Intercourse by a man with his own wife and the wife not being under 15 years of age, is not rape.

  4. Death penalty may be awarded.
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Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: A man is said to commit rape who has sexual intercourse with a woman with or without her consent, when she is under sixteen years of age. Option (2) is incorrect: Penetration is sufficient to constitute the sexual intercourse necessary to the offence of rape. Option (3) is incorrect: Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape. Option (4) is correct: Death penalty is never awarded under the offence of rape.

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