Consent to have sex must be freely obtained. Any consent given because of threat, intimidation or undue influence is in law not acceptable.
Any person convicted of the offence of rape is liable to life imprisonment.
It is rape even if the woman does not fight her attacker, as long as it is clear that she did not agree to have sex. A woman may be afraid to fight against a man because she is afraid he will hurt or kill her. She has still been raped. There are other offences related to a man having sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent. Defilement is having sexual intercourse with a female aged 14 years or under.