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Under section 63(vi) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, below what age is a girl's consent…

Section 63(vi) applies with or without consent when the girl is under eighteen. The question asks for the statutory cutoff. Other clauses of section 63 can apply in other…

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Under section 63(vi) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, below what age is a girl's consent immaterial to whether the sexual act specified in section 63 constitutes rape under that age-based clause?

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Section 63(vi) applies with or without consent when the girl is under eighteen. The question asks for the statutory cutoff. Other clauses of section 63 can apply in other circumstances.

Authority — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, section 63(vi).

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Option A

Fifteen is below the threshold, but the current age-based clause extends to girls under eighteen.

Option B

The current age-based clause expressly sets the cutoff above sixteen years.

Option C

Seventeen is below the threshold, but the current clause also covers a girl who has turned seventeen and is still under eighteen.

Option D

The current age-based clause sets the threshold at eighteen years.

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