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Forms

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nat ure th at i ncl udes al l forms of physi cal ,
emotional, verbal, sexual, and economic
emo ti onal , verb al , sexua l , and eco no mic
violence, and covers both actual acts of such such
viol ence , and co v er s bot h actu al acts of
viol ence and th r ea ts of viol ence
violence and threats of violence. .
[PWDVA, 2005]
Section 375 of the
Indian Penal Code
(IPC) considers
forced sex in
marriage as a crime
only when the wife
is below age 15.
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outlaws marital rape.