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    The document summarizes the development of rape law in India from pre-1983 to 2013. It discusses key events and reports that shaped rape law, including the pre-1983 Indian Penal Code definitions of rape, recommendations from the 1980 Law Commission report, amendments made in 1983 and 2013, and Supreme Court rulings in 1999 and 2004.

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    The document summarizes the development of rape law in India from pre-1983 to 2013. It discusses key events and reports that shaped rape law, including the pre-1983 Indian Penal Code definitions of rape, recommendations from the 1980 Law Commission report, amendments made in 1983 and 2013, and Supreme Court rulings in 1999 and 2004.

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    Development of Rape Law in India

    1. Pre 1983 Scenario – Section 375 and 376


    2. 84th Law Commission Report – 1980
    3. 1983 Criminal Law Amendment
    4. 156th Law Commission Report- 1997
    5. Sakshi v. UOI 1999
    6. 172th Law Commission Report - 2004
    7. Sakshi v. UOI - 2004
    8. 2005 Criminal Law Amendment
    9. 2013 J S Verma Committee Report
    10. 2013 Amendment

    1. Pre 1983 Scenario – Section 375 and 376

    375. `A man is said to commit "rape" who except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual
    intercourse with a woman under circumstances falling under any of the five following
    descriptions:

    First.-Against her will.


    Secondly.-Without her consent.
    Thirdly.-With her consent, when her consent has been obtained by putting her in fear
    of death, or of hurt.
    Fourthly.-With her consent, when the man knows that he is not her husband, and that
    her consent is given because she believes that he is another man to whom she is or
    believes herself to be lawfully married.
    Fifthly.-With or without her consent, when she is under sixteen years of age.
    Explanation.-Penetration is sufficient to constitute the sexual intercourse necessary to
    the offence of rape.

    Exception.-Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen
    years of age, is not rape.

    2. 84th Law Commission Report – 1980


    3) 1983 Criminal Law Amendment
    4. Suggestions made by 156th LAW Commission Report

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