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Section 498 — Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman

As in force on 1 February 2008.

Timeline 3 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  3. 17 August 2026 Latest
Repealed in force 1 February 2008 by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
498.Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman

Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows, or has reason to believe, to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals, or detains, with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.

There is no section 497.

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There is no section 497.