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(1)Any person who performs a sexual act with another person who is below the age of eighteen years, commits a felony known as defilement and is liable, on conviction, to life imprisonment.
(2)Any person who attempts to perform a sexual act with another person who is below the age of eighteen years commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen years.
(3)Any person who performs a sexual act with another person who is below the age of eighteen years in any of the circumstances specified in subsection (4) commits a felony called aggravated defilement and is liable, on conviction by the High Court, to suffer death.
(4)The circumstances referred to in subsection (3) are as follows—
(a)where the person against whom the offence is committed is below the age of fourteen years;
(b)where the offender is infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV);
(c)where the offender is a parent or guardian of or a person in authority over, the person against whom the offence is committed;
(d)where the victim of the offence is a person with a disability; or
(e)where the offender is a serial offender.
(5)Any person who attempts to perform a sexual act with another person below the age of eighteen years in any of the circumstances specified in subsection (4), commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for life.
(6)Where a person is charged with the offence under this section, that person shall undergo a medical examination as to his or her Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) status.
(7)In this section—
“disability” means a substantial functional limitation of daily life activities caused by physical, mental or sensory impairment and environment barriers resulting in limited participation;
“serial offender” means a person who has a previous conviction for the offence of defilement or aggravated defilement;
"sexual act" means—
(a)penetration of the vagina, mouth or anus, however slight, of any person by a sexual organ;
(b)the unlawful use of any object or organ by a person on a sexual organ of another person;
“sexual organ” means a vagina or penis.
You must not engage in any sexual act with a person under 18 years old. Doing so is the crime of defilement, punishable by life imprisonment. Attempte...
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