<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The age of consent in Niue is 16 . </P> <P> The age of consent is 16 . Section 19 of the Crimes, Procedures and Evidence Rules, 2003 (CPER) reads: 1) A person who has carnal knowledge of another--(...) (i) (II) if the victim is under the age of 16 years, whether the victim consented or not (...) commits an offence . Section 21 reads: (1) A person who indecently assaults another commits an offence. (2) Where the victim is a mental defective or under the age of 16 years it is no defence to a charge under this rule that the person consented to the offence, or that the person charged believed that the person assaulted was sane or not under the age of 16 years as the case may be . </P>

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