Statutes | Fort Belknap Tribal Code Title IV Part II ยง 1.26 | 2019
A. A person commits the offense of Statutory Rape if s/he has sexual intercourse with a female or male who is under the age of sixteen years. The person charged may use as a defense hislher belief that the victim was sixteen years of age or older if the victim is fifteen years of age.
B. A person convicted of Statutory Rape shall be guilty of a Class One offense. If the victim is over fourteen years old a person shall be fined an amount not to exceed $5,000.00 or imprisoned for a term not to exceed one year, or both. If the victim is fourteen or under a person shall be fined an amount not to exceed $5,000.00, a minimum imprisonment term of thirty days but not more than one year, or both.
C. No evidence concerning the sexual conduct of the victim is admissible in prosecutions under this Part, except to show the origin of a pregnancy, disease, or semen which is at issue in the prosecution.
History: Subsection 1.26 (A-C) enacted on the 3/8/99, Resolution 63-99.