Section 25 VAPP 2015

Section 25 of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 is about Incest Schedule. It provides as follows:

A person who knowingly and willfully have carnal knowledge of another within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity and affinity contained in the Schedule to this Act with or without consent, commits incest and is liable on conviction to a minimum term of-

(a) 10 years imprisonment without an option of fine,

(b) where the two parties consent to commit incest, provided that the consent was not obtained by fraud or threat, 5 years imprisonment without an option of fine.

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