{"id":1782,"date":"2021-11-04T23:28:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:24:35","slug":"bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/resource\/uncategorised\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahamas &#8211; Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Share-Image-57.png');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">4th novembre 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Bahamas &#8211; Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, 1991<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">3 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Share-Image-57.png');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Section 3 of Bahamas&rsquo; Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act of 1991 explicitly allows marital rape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Bahamas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:\u00a0<\/strong>Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Rape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3 of Bahamas&rsquo; Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act of 1991 explicitly allows marital rape.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Section 3.\u00a0<strong><em>Rape is<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0the act of any person not under fourteen years of age\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>having sexual intercourse with another person who is not his spouse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>(a) without the consent of that other person;<br \/>\n(b) with consent which has been extorted by threats or fear of bodily harm;<br \/>\n(c) with consent obtained by personating the spouse of that other person; or<br \/>\n(d) with consent obtained by false and fraudulent representations as to the nature and quality of the act.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laws.bahamas.gov.bs\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/1991\/1991-0009\/1991-0009_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore the Bahamas&rsquo; full law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-signpost-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[216],"law_type":[224],"issue":[49],"region":[105],"class_list":["post-1782","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","issue-achieve-legal-equality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bahamas - Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, 1991 - Equality Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bahamas - Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, 1991\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Equality Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equalitynoworg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T10:24:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bahamas - Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, 1991 - Equality Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-04T23:28:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T10:24:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/bahamas_sexual_offences_and_domestic_violence_act_1991\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/ar\\\/resource\\\/%type%\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Bahamas &#8211; 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