on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to
a fine not exceeding two hundred shillings; and, in addition, the court shall
order any such person on first conviction to pay the aggrieved party
compensation of six hundred shillings, and on a subsequent conviction
compensation not exceeding twelve hundred shillings.
(2) Any female who elopes with a married man or entices or causes
a married man to elope commits an offence and is liable on first conviction
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not
exceeding two hundred shillings; and, in addition, the court shall order any
such person on first conviction to pay the aggrieved party compensation of
six hundred shillings, and on a subsequent conviction compensation not
exceeding twelve hundred shillings.
(3) Any person who agrees to elope with another person commits an
offence and is liable on first conviction to a caution by the court and on a
subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months
or to a fine not exceeding six hundred shillings.
128. Indecent assaults, etc.
(1) Any person who unlawfully and indecently assaults any woman
or girl commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years,
with or without corporal punishment.
(2) It shall be no defence to a charge for an indecent assault on a girl
under the age of eighteen years to prove that she consented to the act of
indecency.
(3) Any person who, intending to insult the modesty of any woman
or girl, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture or exhibits any object,
intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or
object shall be seen by such woman or girl, or intrudes upon the privacy of
such woman or girl, commits a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment
for one year.
129. Defilement of girl under the age of eighteen.
(1) Any person who unlawfully has sexual intercourse with a girl
under the age of eighteen years commits an offence and is liable to suffer
death.
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