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relating to sexual offences (including both substantive and procedural provisions). The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Sexual Offences Bill during its passage through Parliament. Sexual Offences Acts may be a generic name for legislation bearing that short title. It is a

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United Kingdom

England and Wales

:The

Sexual Offences Act 1956 The Sexual Offences Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz.2 c.69) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the English criminal law relating to sexual offences between 1957 and 2004. It was mostly repealed (from 1 May 2004) by the Sex ...

(4 & 5 Eliz.2 c.69) :The

Indecency with Children Act 1960 The Indecency with Children Act 1960 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that expanded English criminal law in relation to sexual acts with minors. The Act made it a crime to incite or commit an "act of gross indecency" with someb ...

(8 & 9 Eliz.2 c.33) :The

Sexual Offences Act 1967 The Sexual Offences Act 1967 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom (citation 1967 c. 60). It legalised homosexual acts in England and Wales, on the condition that they were consensual, in private and between two men who had attained t ...

(c.60) :The

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 (c 82) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made provision in relation to rape and related offences. Except for subsections (1) and (2) and (4) and (6) of section 7, the whole Act is repe ...

(c.82) :The

Sexual Offences Act 1985 The Sexual Offences Act 1985 (c.44) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created two offences concerning prostitution, and increased the maximum sentence for attempted rape from seven years to life imprisonment. The act wa ...

(c.44) :The

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act provides for the lifelong anonymity of the victims and alleged victims of sexual offences, by prohibiting the publishing or broadcast o ...

(c.34) :The Sexual Offences Act 1993 (c.30) :The Sexual Offences (Conspiracy and Incitement) Act 1996 (c.29) :The

Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997 Sex is the biological distinction of an organism between male and female. Sex or SEX may also refer to: Biology and behaviour *Animal sexual behaviour **Copulation (zoology) **Human sexual activity ** Non-penetrative sex, or sexual outercourse * ...

(c.39) :The

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (c.44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the age of consent for male homosexual sexual activities (including anal sex) from 18 (or for some activities, 21) to that for hetero ...

(c.44) :The

Sexual Offences Act 2003 The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It partly replaced the Sexual Offences Act 1956 with more specific and explicit wording. It also created several new offences such as non-consensual voyeur ...

(c.42) :The Sexual Offences Acts ::The Sexual Offences Acts 1956 and 1967 is the

collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Construction of references to citation with a group ...

of the Sexual Offences Act 1957 and the Sexual Offences Act 1967. ::The Sexual Offences Acts 1956 to 1976 is the collective title of the Sexual Offences Acts 1956 and 1967 and the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976. ::The Sexual Offences Acts 1956 to 1992 is the collective title of the Sexual Offences Acts 1956 to 1976 and the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992.

Scotland

:The

Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 Sex is the biological distinction of an organism between male and female. Sex or SEX may also refer to: Biology and behaviour *Animal sexual behaviour **Copulation (zoology) **Human sexual activity **Non-penetrative sex, or sexual outercourse ** ...

(c.67) :The

Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2002 Sex is the biological distinction of an organism between male and female. Sex or SEX may also refer to: Biology and behaviour *Animal sexual behaviour **Copulation (zoology) **Human sexual activity ** Non-penetrative sex, or sexual outercourse * ...

(asp 9) :The

Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 The Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. The Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences bill was announced to the parliament by the First Ministe ...

(asp 9) :The

Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It creates a code of sexual offences that is said to be intended to reform that area of the law. The corresponding legislation in England and Wales is the Sexu ...

(asp 9)

Northern Ireland

A number of

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. :The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I.1978/460 (N.I.5)) :The

Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 provides a legislative framework for sexual offences in Northern Ireland. The corresponding legislation in England and Wales and in Scotland are the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the Sexual Off ...

(S.I.2008/1769 (N.I.2))

Antigua and Barbuda

* The Sexual Offences Act 1995

Barbados

* Sexual Offences Act 1993 * Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2016

Crown dependencies

Bailiwick of Guernsey

* Sexual Offences (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1983 * The Sexual Offences (Amendment) (Guernsey) Law, 2000 * The Sexual Offences (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2011

Bailiwick of Jersey

* Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 1990 * Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2007 * Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010

Isle of Man

* Sexual Offences Act 1992 * Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2006

Dominica

* Sexual Offences Act 1887 * Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 * Sexual Offences Act 1996 * Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2016

Guyana

* Sexual Offences Act 2010

Jamaica

* Sexual Offences Act 2009

Kenya

:The Sexual Offences Act 2006

Republic of Ireland

* Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993 * Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act, 1996 * Sex Offenders Act, 2001 * Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 * Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

Lesotho

* Sexual Offences Act 2003

Maldives

* Sexual Offences Act 2014

Sierra Leone

* Sexual Offences Act 2012

South Africa

*The

Sexual Offences Act, 1957 The Sexual Offences Act, 1957 (Act No. 23 of 1957, originally the Immorality Act, 1957) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa which, in its current form, prohibits prostitution, brothel-keeping and procuring, and other activities relate ...

(now mostly repealed) *The

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007; also referred to as the Sexual Offences Act) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that reformed and codified the law relating to sex offence ...

Tanzania

* Sexual Offences (Special Provisions) Act 1998

Trinidad and Tobago

* Sexual Offences Act, 1986 * Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act, 2000

References

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