feelings of any other person, writes any word, or any person who, with the
like intention, utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of any other
person or makes any gesture or places any object in the sight of any other
person, commits a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year.
CHAPTER XIV—OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY.
123. Definition of rape.
Any person who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman or girl, without
her consent, or with her consent, if the consent is obtained by force or by
means of threats or intimidation of any kind or by fear of bodily harm, or by
means of false representations as to the nature of the act, or in the case of a
married woman, by personating her husband, commits the felony termed
rape.
124. Punishment for rape.
A person convicted of rape is liable to suffer death.
125. Attempt to commit rape.
Any person who attempts to commit rape commits a felony and is liable to
imprisonment for life with or without corporal punishment.
126. Abduction.
Any person, whether male or female, who—
(a) with intent to marry or be married to or to have sexual intercourse
with another person or to cause that person to marry, be married
or have sexual intercourse, takes that other person away or
detains him or her against his or her will; or
(b) unlawfully takes another person under the age of eighteen years
out of the custody of any of the parents or of any other person
having lawful care or charge over that person,
commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
127. Elopement.
(1) Any person who elopes with a married woman or entices or
causes a married woman to elope with him commits an offence and is liable
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