Īrticle 375 specifies that “A man is said to commit "rape" who except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual intercourse with a woman (5) With or without her consent, when she is under fourteen years of age.
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The Penal Code of Bangladesh considers 14 years as the age of consent, but this is superseded by the act referenced above. Bangladesh Īccording to the section 9 (1) of the Women and Child Abuse Prevention Act, 2000, it is defined as rape to have sexual intercourse with a woman with or without her consent, when she is under sixteen (16) years of age. No penalty shall be inflicted against a person who has committed one of the crimes set forth in the preceding Articles if he was subject to a final court judgement before concluding the marriage, such judgement shall be subject to a stay of execution and its penal effects shall cease. There is a prison sentence (maximum 10 years) for male victims under 16 (article 346) while article 347 gives an unspecified prison sentence with consenting male victims under 21. The law presumes non-consent of male victims less than 14 too. According to article 349 of the updated penal code, the death penalty for the rapist is eligible only if the rape causes death for the sexually assaulted female. Non-consent is assumed for unmarried women under 14. Since 1986, the penalty is either life imprisonment or possibly the death penalty for victims under 16.
The minimum age to marry without permission from the girl's father or legal guardian is 21 years. Before this age, marriage requires authorization from the Shariah Court of the State of Bahrain.
The marriage of course should be recognized by the government for the mentioned options to be provided.
However, the mentioned options would not be available after three months are passed from when the person learned about the adultery. They are also given the liberty to drop off the charge after filing it if they wanted to. If a married individual has sex with somebody they are not married to, the person they are married to is given the liberty, by the criminal procedure code, to file for an 'adultery' charge if they wanted to. Bahrain Ĭonsensual sex outside of marriage is legally permissible for those 21 and above. The minimum age of marriage is 18 for women and 16 for men. Sexual activity outside marriage is illegal in Afghanistan.
Table Ages of consent by country, sex, sex difference, age difference and authority between partners The data below reflects what each jurisdiction's legislation actually means, rather than what it states on the surface.