2 Rape and forcible indecency
The Amendment on the Penal Code (Act No. 72 of 2017) widened the definition of rape, so that it makes no distinction according to victim’s gender, and includes anal and oral intercourse. The amendment also raised lower limit of the statutory penalty, established indecency and rape by a person who has custody of the victim and changed rape to a crime indictable without complaint.
Fig. 1-1-2-2 shows the trend of the number of reported/cleared cases and clearance rate for rape.
Fig. 1-1-2-2 Rape: reported/cleared cases and clearance rate
Fig. 1-1-2-3 shows the trend of the number of reported/cleared cases and clearance rate for forcible indecency (including quasi forcible indecency before the above-mentioned amendment and quasi forcible indecency and indecency by custodian after the above-mentioned amendment).
Fig. 1-1-2-3 Forcible indecency: reported/cleared cases and clearance rate
