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62 Abrogation of obsolete rules of law

(1)The rule of law whereby a male person under the age of fourteen years is conclusively presumed to be impotent is hereby abrogated.
(2)The existence of a marriage does not constitute, or raise any presumption of, consent by a person to an act of sexual penetration with another person or to touching that is sexual (with or without aggravating circumstances) by another person.
S. 62(2) substituted by No. 10233 s. 10, amended by No. 74/2014 s. 7(6).
(3)A reference in this section to sexual penetration means sexual penetration as defined by section 35A.
S. 62(3) repealed by No. 8/1991 s. 6(c), new s. 62(3) inserted by No. 74/2014 s. 7(7), amended by No. 47/2016 s. 17.