Section 77: Rape and carnal knowledge

A person subject to service law under this Act who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman or girl without her consent or with her consent if obtained-(a) by force or by means of threat or intimidation of any kind; or
(b) by fear of harm; or
(c) by means of fake and fraudulent representation as to the nature of the act; or
(d) in the case of a married woman, by personating her husband,
is guilty of an offence under this section and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or any less punishment provided by this Act.