For hundreds of years the courts that inherit the Roman Dutch Law could not convict a man for raping his legally married wife given that it was embedded in English law for over 150 years (that Guyana adopted) that a wife was “mere chattel”, the property of the husband, and that consent to sex at any time was taken to flow from the fact that they were married.
No Guyanese court has ruled on this point since Independence, so this is still the law in Guyana.
Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, is currently seeking to change this when the completed ‘Sexual Offences Bill’ is tabled in the National Assembly.
The Bill is currently in its draft stage but according to Minister Manickchand she is optimistic that everything could be finalised allowing the Bill to be tabled by year end.Kaieteur News
No Guyanese court has ruled on this point since Independence, so this is still the law in Guyana.
Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, is currently seeking to change this when the completed ‘Sexual Offences Bill’ is tabled in the National Assembly.
The Bill is currently in its draft stage but according to Minister Manickchand she is optimistic that everything could be finalised allowing the Bill to be tabled by year end.Kaieteur News
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