Section 20-12-51 - Rape and carnal knowledge.
20-12-51. Rape and carnal knowledge.
A. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who commits an act of sexual intercourse with a female not his wife, by force and without her consent, is guilty of rape and shall be punished by death or other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
B. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who, under circumstances not amounting to rape, commits an act of sexual intercourse with a female not his wife who has not attained the age of sixteen years, is guilty of carnal knowledge and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
C. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete either of these offenses.