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Under clause (vi) of section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the general statutory age below…

Clause (vi) of section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly clause Sixthly of section 375 IPC) sets the general statutory age of consent at eighteen: consent…

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Under clause (vi) of section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the general statutory age below which consent does not negate rape is _____ years.

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Clause (vi) of section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly clause Sixthly of section 375 IPC) sets the general statutory age of consent at eighteen: consent does not negate rape under that age-based clause. The marital exception (Exception 2 to section 63) also uses an eighteen-year threshold, consistent with Independent Thought v. Union of India (2017).

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