Rejected petition Prosecute under age children from engaging in consentual sexual intercourse

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The numbers of mothers under the age of 16 is increasing. In order to act as a deterrent any young person who conceived under the age of consent, and the father should be prosecuted for engaging in under age sexual intercourse.

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Date submitted 4 August 2011
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