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State under Review
Recommendation
Amend the Penal Code to ensure it adequately addresses violence against women, including through provisions explicitly penalizing domestic violence, marital rape and incest.
Explanation
Domestic violence and marital rape are crimes under the Penal Code. Although there is no provision that punishes incest itself, certain sexual acts, including sexual intercourse by a person having custody of a person under 18 with the person in their custody, are punishable under the Penal Code.
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