Section 106 - Householder permitting defilement of a child

(1) The owner or occupier of premises or a person acting or assisting in the management of the premises who induces or knowingly permits a child of less than sixteen years of age to resort to or be in or on the premises to be carnally known or unnaturally carnally known by any other person, commits a criminal offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not less than seven years and not more than twenty-five years.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), it is a criminal offence under this section whether the carnal knowledge or unnatural carnal knowledge is intended to be with a particular person or generally.

(3) It is a defence to a charge under this section that the accused person had reasonable cause to believe that the child was of or above sixteen years of age.