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			== "Lowest per capita rates" ==
	== The Law on Marital Rape in India ==

	The law on Marital Rape in India is governed by Sections 375 (Rape), Section 375 read with Section 376 (Punishment for Rape), and Section 375 read with Section 376 and Section 376A (Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation) of the Indian Penal Code. This law was enacted in 1860, and amended several times thereafter from time to time by the Parliament of India and by state legislatures, which have the power to make certain types of state-specific laws and amendments to national laws, which become laws which are applicable only in particular states.<ref name="Indian Penal Code Marital Rape Laws" group="Indian Penal Code">{{cite web\|last=Courts\|first=Delhi\|title=Indian Penal Code Bare Act\|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/fullact1.asp?tfnm=186045\|work=District Courts Delhi Website\|publisher=District Courts Delhi\|accessdate=6 January 2013}}</ref>

	The "Exception" clause in section 375 (Rape) of the Indian Penal Code deals with spousal sexual intercourse with or without the consent of the wife, in case the wife is more than 15 years old. It reads as follows, "Exception.-Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape."

			A qualification should be added. This is for officially reported rapes. Do we also know what definition of rape they use? This can skew the figures.
	A fragment of Sub-section (1) of Section 376 (Punishment for Rape) deals with rape by a man of his wife who is between 12 and 15 years of age. This sub-section declares, "Whoever, except in the cases provided for by sub-section (2), commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may be for life or for a term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine unless the woman raped is his own wife and is not under twelve years of age, in which case, he shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both".

			We could(should in my opinion) add a brief mention for the outstanding number of very notable rape cases. ] (]) 03:44, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
	Section 376A of the Indian Penal Code deals with "Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation". It declares, "Whoever has sexual intercourse with his own wife, who is living separately from him under a decree of separation or under any custom or usage without her consent shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine."

			== Rape rates global plot ==
	There is a discrepancy between the Hindu Marriage Act, the Special Marriage Act, laws relating to marriage between any religious combination of husband and wife (except marriage between a muslim man and a muslim woman, which is governed by the Muslim Marriage Act, and by judgments of the Supreme Court relating to this subject), and the Sections of the IPC dealing with marital rape. According to all these laws, the minimum age at which a woman can legally be married is 18 years. While the IPC sections dealing with rape, discuss wives as young as 12 years of age. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act also prohibits marriage of girls younger than 18 years old. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 10:20, January 6 2013 (UTC)‎</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

			Plot referred to: Reported rape rates per 100,000 population, 2010–2012. It is located in the Rape statistics section.
	== Reported ratio ==

			The sourcing of the plot is inadequate. The source is mentioned as UNODC with no further explanation. There is no further explanation, no link provided to the source. Saying the source is UNODC is extremely vague as it is a large organization that publishes multiple datasets. Futher, it is mentioned as "own work". Could someone add in a request to provide better sourcing? ] (]) 22:36, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
	I couldn't find a source that would compare the statistics with the ratio of reported cases with those of the US. I have added a source from niticentral regarding the "among lowest". Sankrant Sanu, the author of this article has written articles for multiple news websites. ] <small>(] • ] • ])</small> 05:11, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
	:"1 in 10"? It is attributed to a general secretary of a women association, Sudha Sundararaman. These are neither official or hold any credibility compared to any other related stats. ] <small>(] • ] • ])</small> 08:36, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

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"Lowest per capita rates"

A qualification should be added. This is for officially reported rapes. Do we also know what definition of rape they use? This can skew the figures.

We could(should in my opinion) add a brief mention for the outstanding number of very notable rape cases. 2.87.252.249 (talk) 03:44, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Rape rates global plot

Plot referred to: Reported rape rates per 100,000 population, 2010–2012. It is located in the Rape statistics section.

The sourcing of the plot is inadequate. The source is mentioned as UNODC with no further explanation. There is no further explanation, no link provided to the source. Saying the source is UNODC is extremely vague as it is a large organization that publishes multiple datasets. Futher, it is mentioned as "own work". Could someone add in a request to provide better sourcing? CuriousCognoscente (talk) 22:36, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

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