18.2-63 - Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age.
§ 18.2-63. Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years ofage.
A. If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteenyears of age or older but under fifteen years of age, such person shall beguilty of a Class 4 felony.
B. If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteenyears of age or older but under fifteen years of age who consents to sexualintercourse and the accused is a minor and such consenting child is threeyears or more the accused's junior, the accused shall be guilty of a Class 6felony. If such consenting child is less than three years the accused'sjunior, the accused shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
In calculating whether such child is three years or more a junior of theaccused minor, the actual dates of birth of the child and the accused,respectively, shall be used.
C. For the purposes of this section, (i) a child under the age of thirteenyears shall not be considered a consenting child and (ii) "carnalknowledge" includes the acts of sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio,anilingus, anal intercourse, and animate and inanimate object sexualpenetration.
(Code 1950, § 18.1-44; 1960, c. 358; 1972, c. 394; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 606;1981, c. 397; 1993, c. 852; 2007, c. 718.)