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Code of conduct allows consensual sex among judicial staff

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A controversial judicial code of conduct and ethics could open a can of worms after allowing consensual sex within the Judiciary and opening relationship bracket beyond husband and wife affair.

Although the code published in a special Gazette issue on July 29 condemns sexual harassment by a judicial officer on a colleague or any other person in the work place or in a social situation, it rules out sexual offence allegations in situations where both parties had mutually consented to a sexual involvement.

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