Section 101 - Defilement of child under sixteen years of age

(1) For the purposes of this Act, defilement is the natural or unnatural carnal knowledge of a child under sixteen years of age.

(2) A person who naturally or unnaturally carnally knows a child under sixteen years of age, whether with or without the consent of the child, commits a criminal offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less that seven years and not more than twenty-five years.