Section 53 - Act not intended to cause death or grievous hurt done by consent.

(1) No act is an offence by reason of the injury it has caused to the person or property of a person who, being above the age of eighteen years, hasvoluntarily and with understanding given his consent express or implied to done by that act.

(2) This section shall not apply to acts which are likely to cause death or grievous hurt, nor to acts which constitute offences independently of any injury which they are capable of causing to the person who has given his consent or to his property.