CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH THE PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 16 ACCORDING TO CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND UKRAINE

This article is concerning the comparison of Ukrainian and foreign legislation provisions in the field of responsibility for sexual intercourse with the person under the age of 16. An analysis of criminal legislation of China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Israel, Japan, Poland, Sweden as well as former Soviet republics (Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) has been made. It has been found out that responsibility for sexual intercourse with the person under the age of 16 is stipulated by criminal codes of majority of foreign countries. Conclusions on necessity of improvement of Criminal Code of Ukraine based on the madeanalysis have been drawn.