A History of Canadian Sexual Assault Legislation
1900-2000


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Attempted Carnal Knowledge of Girl Under Fourteen

The Criminal Code, 1892, S.C. 1892, c. 29, s. 270.

[Attempt to commit such offence.]
270. Every one who attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of any girl under the age of fourteen years is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years’ imprisonment, and to be whipped. 53 V., c. 37, s. 12.


Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1906, c. 146, s. 302.

[Attempt.]
302. Every one who attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of any girl under the age of fourteen years is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years’ imprisonment, and to be whipped. 55-56 V., c. 29, s. 270.


Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1927, c. 36, s. 302.

[Attempt]
302. Every one who attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of any girl under the age of fourteen years is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years' imprisonment, and to be whipped. R.S., c. 146, s. 302.


Note: This offence was no longer in the Criminal Code when the 1953-54 edition was released.