[Rev. 2012]
Penal Code
CAP. 63
163. Attempt to commit unnatural offences
Any person who attempts to commit any of the offences specified in section 162
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
[Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 31.]
164. Deleted by Act No. 3 of 2006, Second Sch.
165. Indecent practices between males
Any male person who, whether in public or private, commits any act of gross
indecency with another male person, or procures another male person to commit
any act of gross indecency with him, or attempts to procure the commission of any
such act by any male person with himself or with another male person, whether in
public or private, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for five years.
[Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 32.]
166. Deleted by Act No. 3 of 2006, Second Sch.
167. Deleted by Act No. 3 of 2006, Second Sch.
168. Deleted by Act No. 3 of 2006, Second Sch.
169. Deleted by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 36.
CHAPTER XVI – OFFENCES RELATING TO
MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC OBLIGATIONS
170. Deleted by Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.
171. Bigamy
Any person who, having a husband or wife living, goes through a ceremony of
marriage which is void by reason of its taking place during the life of the husband
or wife, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for five years:
Provided that this section shall not extend to any person whose marriage with
the husband or wife has been declared void by a court of competent jurisdiction,
nor to any person who contracts a marriage during the life of a former husband
or wife if the husband or wife, at the time of the subsequent marriage, has been
continually absent from such person for the space of seven years, and has not
been heard of by such person as being alive within that time.
172. Marriage with dishonest or fraudulent intent
Any person who dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention goes through the
ceremony of marriage, knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married, is guilty of
a felony and is liable to imprisonment for five years.
173. Master not providing for servants or apprentices
Any person who being legally liable, either as master or mistress, to provide for
any apprentice or servant necessary food, clothing or lodging, wilfully and without
lawful excuse refuses or neglects to provide the same, or unlawfully and maliciously
does or causes to be done any bodily harm to such apprentice or servant so that
the life of such apprentice or servant is endangered or that his health has been or
is likely to be permanently injured, is guilty of a misdemeanour.
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