Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“a rape offence” means any of the following, namely, rape, attempted rape, aiding, abetting, counselling and procuring rape or attempted rape, and incitement to rape; | ||
“complainant” means a woman in relation to whom a rape offence is alleged to have been committed. | ||
(2) In this Act references to sexual intercourse shall be construed as references to carnal knowledge as defined in section 63 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861 , so far as it relates to natural intercourse (under which such intercourse is deemed complete on proof of penetration only). | ||
(3) In this Act “man” and “woman” include respectively a male and a female person of any age; but this does not affect any rule of law by virtue of which a male person is treated by reason of his age as being incapable of committing an offence of any particular kind. |