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Section 114: Elopement – Offences and Penalties for Married Persons

114.Elopement

(1)Any person who elopes with a married woman or entices or causes a married woman to elope with him commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; and, in addition, the court shall order that person on first conviction to pay the aggrieved party compensation of three hundred currency points, and on a subsequent conviction compensation not exceeding six hundred currency points.

(2)Any female who elopes with a married man or entices or causes a married man to elope commits an offence and is liable on first conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points; and, in addition, the court shall order that person on first conviction to pay the aggrieved party compensation of three hundred currency points, and on a subsequent conviction compensation not exceeding six hundred currency points.

(3)Any person who agrees to elope with another person commits an offence and is liable on first conviction to a caution by the court and on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding twelve currency points.

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You commit an offence if you elope with, entice, or cause a married woman to run away with you. If convicted, you face a fine of up to 24 currency poi...

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