Teen sex: 'Yes' is 'No'
08 April 2015 - 02:33
No one under the age of 16 will be allowed to say "yes' to sex. And if they do, their bedmate could be charged with rape. This is if proposed last-minute changes to amendments to the Sexual Offences Act are passed.The amendments are a result of a Constitutional Court order to parliament in 2013 to modify the legislation after it had ruled in two cases that sections 15 and 16 of the act, which made consensual sexual acts between children aged 12 to 16 a crime, were unconstitutional.
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