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and

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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 Parliament, 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 It was mostly repealed (from 1 ...

( 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 69) :The Indecency with Children Act 1960 ( 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 33) :The

Sexual Offences Act 1967 The Sexual Offences Act 1967 (c. 60) is an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It legalised homosexual acts in England and Wales, on the condition that they were consensual, in private and between two men who had attained the age of 21. ...

(c. 60) :The

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 (c. 82) is an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made provision in relation to Rape in English law, rape and related offences. Except for subsections (1) and (2) and (4 ...

(c. 82) :The Sexual Offences Act 1985 (c. 44) :The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (c. 34) :The Sexual Offences Act 1993 (c. 30) :The

Sexual Offences (Conspiracy and Incitement) Act 1996 Sex is the trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes. Sex, SEX or sexual may also refer to: *Sexual intercourse, a sexual activity Arts and entertainment Film and television * Sex (1920 film), ...

(c. 29) :The Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997 (c. 39) :The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 44) :The

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

(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 (c. 67) :The Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 9) :The Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 9) :The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 9)

Northern Ireland

A number of

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with this title have been passed. The change in nomenclature is due to the demise of the

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and the imposition of

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. These orders are considered to be

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. :The

Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 Sex is the trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes. Sex, SEX or sexual may also refer to: *Sexual intercourse, a sexual activity Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Sex'' (1920 ...

( SI 1978/460 (N.I. 5)) :The

Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1769) (NI 2) is an Order in Council made under section 85 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The Order provides a legislative framework for sexual offences in Northern Ireland. The correspo ...

(

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/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

* Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 1990 * Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2018 * 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

Malaysia

* Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017

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 related ...

(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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