7. Amendment of section 3658 of the principal
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Section 3658 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—
by the insertion immediately after paragraph (a) of that section, of the following new paragraph :—
“(aa) with or without the consent of the other person when the other person is under sixteen years of age;”; and
by the repeal of paragraph (5) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—
“(b) with the consent of the other person while such other person was in lawful or unlawful detention or where that consent has been obtained, by use of force, or intimidation or threat of detention or by putting such other person in fear of death or hurt;”.
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