Page 46 Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25 RAPE Below are examples of laws which must be amended or repealed. BAHAMAS The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, 1991: Section 3. Rape is the act of any person not under fourteen years of age having sexual intercourse with another person who is not his spouse (a) without the consent of that other person; (b) with consent which has been extorted by threats or fear of bodily harm; (c) with consent obtained by personating the spouse of that other person; or (d) with consent obtained by false and fraudulent representations as to the nature and quality of the act. Take Action – Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis Office of the Prime Minister Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield Centre P.O. Box CB 10980 Nassau, N.P. BAHAMAS Email: primeminister@bahamas.gov.bs Twitter: @minnis_dr Note: There are no criminal penalties for marital rape. Article 15 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas: Whereas every person in the Bahamas is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following namely – (a) life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law . . . INDIA Indian Penal Code 1860, as amended by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act No. 13 of 2013: Section 375. A man is said to commit “rape” if he (a) penetrates his penis, to any extent, into the vagina, mouth, urethra or anus of a woman . . . under the circumstances falling under any of the following seven descriptions . . . Sixthly. –With or without her consent, when she is under eighteen years of age. Exception 2. Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, [the wife not being under fifteen years of age,] is not rape. Take Action – India Prime Minister Narendra Modi South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi-110011 INDIA Email Portal: https://www.pmindia.gov. in/en/interact-with-honble-pm/ Email: india@un.int (Mission to the UN in New York) Twitter: @narendramodi Facebook: facebook.com/narendramodi Note: In 2005, India passed The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act No. 43 which provides for women to access various civil remedies for domestic violence including sexual abuse. In Independent Thought v. Union of India, the Indian Supreme Court in 2017 held that the part of Exception 2 to section 375 which excused marital rape of minors between the ages of 15-18, was