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ape to a girl under the age of ten years shall on conviction be sentenced to life imprisonment.
131A. Punishment for gang rape
(1) Where the offence of rape is committed by one or more persons in a group of persons,
each person in the group committing or abetting the commission of the offence is deemed to
have committed gang rape.
(2) Every person who is convicted of gang rape shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life,
regardless of the actual role he played in the rape.
132. Attempted rape
(1) Any person who attempts to commit rape commits the offence of attempted rape, and
except for the cases specified in subsection (3) is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for life,
and in any case shall be liable to imprisonment for not less than thirty years with or without
corporal punishment.
(2) A person attempts to commit rape if, with the intent to procure prohibited sexual
intercourse with any girl or woman, he manifests his intention by–
(a) threatening the girl or woman for sexual purposes;
(b) being a person of authority or influence in relation to the girl or woman, applying any
act of intimidation over her for sexual purposes;
(c) making any false representations for her for the purposes of obtaining her consent;
(d) representing himself as the husband of the girl or woman, and the girl or woman is put
in a position where, but for the occurrence of anything independent of that person's
will, she would be involuntarily carnally known.
(3) Where a person commits the offence of attempted rape by virtue of manifesting his
intention in the manner specified in paragraph (c) or (d), he shall be liable to imprisonment for
life and in any case for imprisonment of not less than ten years.
133. Abduction
Any person who with intent to marry or have sexual intercourse with a woman of any age, or
to cause her to be married or to have sexual intercourse with any other person, takes her away,
or detains her, against her will, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for seven
years.
134. Abduction of Girls under sixteen
Any person who unlawfully takes an unmarried woman under the age of sixteen years out of
the custody or protection of her parent or other person having lawful care or charge of her and