In Cyprus, the term "abduction" is the one most closely related to sexual assault, which means: any person who, with intent to marry or carnally know a female, or to cause her to be married or carnally known by any other person, takes her away, or detains her, against her will, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

Legal provisions on protection orders

No legal provision

Legal Source

Criminal Code, Section 148

Observations

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  • Incest: any male person who has carnal knowledge of a female person, irrespective of whether with the consent or not of such female person, who is to his knowledge his granddaughter, daughter, sister or mother shall be guilty of the offence of incest and shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years (Criminal Code, Section 147).
  • Indecent assault on females: any person who unlawfully and indecently assaults any female is guilty of a misdemeanour (Criminal Code, Section 151).
  • Defilement of girls under thirteen years of age: (1) any person who unlawfully and carnally knows a female under the age of thirteen years is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life, and (2) any person who attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of a female under the age of thirteen years is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for three years (Criminal Code, Section 153).
  • Defilement of girls between thirteen and sixteen years of age: any person who unlawfully and carnally knows or attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of any female person of, or above, the age of thirteen years and under the age of sixteen years is guilty of a misdemeanour (Criminal Code, Section 154).