The legal minimum age at which an individual may give sexual consent is 16 years. This age forms part of the Sexual Offences Act No. 1 of 1998.  Section 4 (1) (c) states: “a person is guilty of the offence of unlawful sexual connection with another person if that person has sexual connection with that other person with the consent of the other person if the consent is obtained from a person under the age of sixteen years”.
La loi no 1 de 1998 sur les infractions sexuelles fixe à 16 ans l'âge minimum auquel un individu peut consentir à des relations sexuelles, son article 4 1) c) disposant «Toute personne qui a des rapports sexuels avec une personne âgée de moins de 16 ans, même consentante, se rend coupable de l'infraction de rapports sexuels illégaux».