CAP. 62A Sexual Offences Sexual Offences [Rev. 2012] 20. Incest by male persons (1) Any male person who commits an indecent act or an act which causes penetration with a female person who is to his knowledge his daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, niece, aunt or grandmother is guilty of an offence termed incest and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years: Provided that, if it is alleged in the information or charge and proved that the female person is under the age of eighteen years, the accused person shall be liable to imprisonment for life and it shall be immaterial that the act which causes penetration or the indecent act was obtained with the consent of the female person. (2) If any male person attempts to commit the offence specified in subsection (1), he is guilty of an offence of attempted incest and is liable upon conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years. (3) Upon conviction in any court of any male person for an offence under this section, or of an attempt to commit such an offence, it shall be within the power of the court to issue orders referred to as “section 114 orders” under the Children’s Act1 (Cap. 141) and in addition divest the offender of all authority over such female, remove the offender from such guardianship and in such case to appoint any person or persons to be the guardian or guardians of any such female during her minority or less period. 21. Incest by female persons The provisions of section 20 shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to any female person who commits an indecent act or act which causes penetration with a male person who is to her knowledge her son, father, grandson grandfather, brother, nephew or uncle. 22. Test of relationship (1) In cases of the offence of incest, brother and sister includes half brother, half sister and adoptive brother and adoptive sister and a father includes a half father and an uncle of the first degree and a mother includes a half mother and an aunt of the first degree whether through lawful wedlock or not. (2) In this Act— (a) “uncle” means the brother of a person’s parent and “aunt” has a corresponding meaning; (b) “nephew” means the child of a person’s brother or sister and “niece” has a corresponding meaning; (c) “half-brother” means a brother who shares only one parent with another; (d) “half-sister” means a sister who shares only one parent with another; and (e) “adoptive brother” means a brother who is related to another through adoption and “adoptive sister” has a corresponding meaning. [Issue 1] S9 - 14