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Section 24 of Sexual Offences Act: Sexual offences relating to position of authority and persons in position of trust

    

(1) Whoever being the superintendent or manager of a jail, remand home or children’s or any institution or any other place of custody established by or under any law takes advantage of his or her official position and induces or seduces any inmate or inhabitant of such jail or institution, remand home, place or institution to have sexual intercourse with him or her, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape or defilement shall be guilty of a sexual offence relating to a position of authority and shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years.
(2) Any person who being a law enforcement officer takes advantage of his or her position and has sexual intercourse or commits any other sexual offence under this Act—
(a) within the limits of the station to which he or she is appointed; or
(b) in the premises of any station house whether or not situated in the station to which he or she is appointed; or
(c) on a person in his or her custody or in the custody of a law enforcement officer subordinate to him or her,
commits an offence of abuse of position of authority and is liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years.
(3) Any person who being the manager of any hospital or staff of a hospital takes advantage of his or her position and has sexual intercourse with or commits any other sexual offence under this Act with any patient in the hospital, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape or defilement shall be guilty of an offence of abuse of position of authority and shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years.
(4) Any person who being the head-teacher, teacher or employee in a primary or secondary school or special institution of learning whether formal or informal, takes advantage of his or her official position and induces or seduces a pupil or student to have sexual intercourse with him or her or commits any other offence under this Act, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape or defilement, shall be guilty of an offence of abuse of position of authority and shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years.
(5) Any person who being in a position of trust takes advantage of his or her position and induces or seduces a person in their care to have sexual intercourse with him or her or commits any other offence under this Act, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape or defilement, shall be guilty of an offence of abuse of position of trust and shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years.

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