Read the following facts, then choose the correct option: In Masiya v Director of Public Prosecutions 2007 (2) SACR 435 (CC), the Constitutional Court ruled that:

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the extended definition of the crime of rape be applied retrospectively only.

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the extended definition of the crime of rape should not apply to the accused because it would constitute a violation of his rights in terms of section 35(3)(l) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.

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the extended definition of the crime of rape be applied prospectively only.

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the common-law definition of rape should not be extended to include acts of non-consensual penetration of a penis into the anus of a female.

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