Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935

Amendment of the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908.

12.—The Punishment of Incest Act, 1908, is hereby amended in the following respects, that is to say:—

(a) the word “fifteen” shall be substituted for the word “thirteen” where that word firstly occurs in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 1, and

(b) the reference in the said proviso to section 4 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, shall be construed as a reference to section 1 (which deals with the defilement of girls under fifteen years of age) of this Act, and

(c) the word “seventeen” shall be substituted for the word “sixteen” where that word occurs in section 2, and the said Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly.