חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 152), התשפ"ה–2025Law on Crimes (Amendment No. 152), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

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The amendment includes a series of amendments to sex offenses in the Penal Law, foremost among them the determination that the offense of rape under Section 345 of the Penal Law and the offense of sodomy under Section 347 of the Penal Law will be unified into a single offense of "rape." Accordingly, it is determined that any insertion of an organ or object into the intimate organs of a woman or man, as well as the insertion of a sexual organ into the mouth of a woman or man, will be called "rape." In addition, the terms "intercourse" and "sodomy act" currently in use have been replaced with the term "penetration." Additional amendments were also made: Section 346 of the Penal Law, concerning the offense of "prohibited consensual intercourse," which prohibits sexual relations with a minor girl aged 14 to 16, if the offender is not married to her, or sexual relations involving exploitation of an authority relationship between the offender and the victim, was amended. The name of the offense was changed to "prohibited penetration" and applies equally to a minor girl or boy, regardless of marital relationship. It is also explicitly determined that anyone convicted of an offense under Section 347 (sodomy act) of the Penal Law as it read prior to its repeal by this Law, will be regarded as having been convicted of an offense under Section 345 (rape) or 346 (prohibited intercourse) of the Penal Law, as the case may be.

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