MAY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1639

128. [Supplying means of miscarriage.] Every one is liable to two years' imprisonment who unlawfully
     supplies or procures any poison or other noxious thing, or any instru-
     ment or thing whatsoever, knowing that the same is intended to be
     unlawfully used with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman
     or girl.

129. (1.) [Bigamy.] Every one who commits bigamy is liable to five years'
     imprisonment.
     (2.) Bigamy is—
     (a.) The act of a person who being married goes through a valid
     form of marriage with any other person ; or
     (b.) The act of a person who goes through a valid form of marriage
     with any person whom he or she knows to be married.
     (3.) The fact that the parties would, if unmarried, have been
     incompetent to contract marriage is not a defence upon a prosecution
     for bigamy.
     (4.) Every form of marriage shall for the purposes of this section
     be deemed valid, notwithstanding any act or default of the person
     charged with bigamy, if it is otherwise a valid form.

130. (1.) [Buggery.] Every one is liable to imprisonment for ten years who
     commits buggery either with a human being or with any other living
     creature.
     (2.) This offence is complete upon penetration.

131. (1.) [Attempted buggery and indecent assaults on males.] Every one is liable to imprisonment for five years who—
     (a.) Attempts to commit buggery ; or
     (b.) Assaults any person with intent to commit buggery ; or
     (c.) Being a male, indecently assaults any other male person.
     (2.) It is no defence to a charge of indecent assault on a male
     person of any age that he consented to the act of indecency.

132. (1.) [Incest.] Incest means carnal connection between—
     (a.) Father and daughter ; or
     (b.) Brother and sister, whether of the whole or the half blood ; or
     (c.) Son and mother ; or
     (d.) Grandfather and granddaughter.
     (2.) Every one who commits incest is liable to seven years' imprison-
     ment.

133. [Indecent acts.] Every one is liable to six months' imprisonment who wilfully
     does any indecent act in any public place or within the view of any
     person being in any public place.

134. [Indecent documents.] Every one is liable to six months' imprisonment who
     knowingly and without lawful justification or excuse—
     (a.) Sells or exposes for sale or to public view any obscene or
     indecent book, picture, photograph, document, or other
     object tending to corrupt morals ; or
     (b.) Publicly exhibits any obscene or indecent show tending to
     corrupt morals.

135. (1.) [Brothels.] Every one who keeps a brothel is liable to one year's
     imprisonment.
     (2.) A brothel is a house, room, or place of any kind whatever
     kept or used for purposes of prostitution.
     (3.) Any one who acts as a person having the management, care,
     or control of a brothel shall be deemed to be a keeper thereof whether
     he is in fact a keeper thereof or not.
     (4.) The owner or occupier of any house, room, or place who
     knowingly permits the same to be used as a brothel shall be deemed
     to be a keeper thereof whether he is in fact a keeper thereof or not.

136. (1.) [Gaming-houses.] Every one who keeps a gaming-house is liable to one
     year's imprisonment.
     (2.) A gaming-house is a house, room, or place of any kind what-
     ever kept or used as a place of resort for gambling.
     (3.) " Gambling " means playing for money or other valuable
     thing at any game of chance, or playing for excessive stakes or otherwise
     to the injury of public morals at any game of mixed chance and skill.
     (4.) Any one who acts as a person having the management, care,
     or control of a gaming-house shall be deemed to be a keeper thereof
     whether he is in fact a keeper thereof or not.