Section 197:
consolidated text (as at 2017). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
197. Sexual intercourse with female under 16—The appellant was convicted of having sexual intercourse with a female under the age of 16 years.
On appeal the appellant contended that the offence provided for by section 249 (4) of the Criminal Code was unconstitutional.
HELD there is nothing which prevents the National Assembly under section 45 (1) of the Constitution from criminalising various forms of sexual
abuse and of making it an offence, in particular, to have sexual intercourse
with even a consenting female under the age of 16 instead of 12, as was
the case before 24 July 1990. Simadree v State (1993).