Which of the following sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 reflects…

Sections 5 and 9 provide joint liability for gang penetrative sexual assault and gang sexual assault respectively. Their clause (g) explanations treat each person in a group acting in furtherance of its common intention as having committed the assault, with liability as if the act were done by that person alone. The paired punishment sections do not themselves contain this express rule of group liability.