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    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...
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    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...
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  • 39) The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 44) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) The Sexual Offences Acts The Sexual Offences Acts 1956 and 1967...
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    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...
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    sexual offences under the act have all been repealed. For legislation referring to sexual offences, see the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the Sexual Offences...
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  • of the Sexual Offences Act 1993. Notification requirements As to notification requirements, see sections 80 to 92 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. See...
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  • seven men living on Pitcairn Island faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young adults. The accused represented a third...
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  • section 44 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 read: Where, on the trial of any offence under this Act, it is necessary to prove sexual intercourse (whether...
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  • and re-enacted by section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, which in turn was repealed by the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised...
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  • statutory offence in England and Wales. The offence is created by section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003: (1) A person (A) commits an offence if— (a)...
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    guilty of rape. Prior to the passage of the Sexual Offences Act 1993, and under the former Sexual Offences Act 1956, the boy would have been presumed physically...
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    the Offences against the Person Act 1861. It raised the age of consent from 13 years of age to 16 years of age and delineated the penalties for sexual offences...
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  • Evidence Act. The United Kingdom later used the term in the Sexual Offences Act 1956 and in section 1(1) of the Indecency with Children Act 1960. Oscar...
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    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...
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  • referred to as sexual assault. Indecent assault was a broadly defined offence under sections 14 and 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956. It was replaced...
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    prostitution can be proven, for instance, is under section 33A of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, "Keeping a Brothel for Prostitution", and the penalty is up to...
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  • 16 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. Sexual As to the meaning of "sexual", see section 60(2) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. Notification...
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    Sexual Offences Act 2003, s 53A The Sexual Offences Act 1956, ss 33 to 36 The Sexual Offences Act 2003, ss 57 to 59 The Sexual Offences Act 2003, ss 61 to...
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  • Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 as read with section 46 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 For example, under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956...
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    criminal offence. Under the Sexual Offences Act 1956, It is an offence for a person to keep a brothel, or to manage, or act or assist in the management...
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    The Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 (c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amends the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to make upskirting...
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    legislation in England and Wales is the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and in Northern Ireland the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. In 2004, the...
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  • that the seriousness of the offence, or combination of offences, is exceptionally high even by the standard of offences which would normally result in...
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  • countries as a legacy of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. Although most sexual offences will also be offences against the person, for various...
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  • Bolton 7 (category English people convicted of child sexual abuse)
    of the offences of gross indecency under the Sexual Offences Act 1956. Although gay sex was partially decriminalised by the Sexual Offences Act 1967, they...
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  • sentenced McKinney in absentia to a year in jail. Under the then-Sexual Offences Act 1956, due to the victim's gender, technically no crime of rape was committed...
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  • not exceeding 10 years. Offences committed before the 2003 Act came into force are prosecuted under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (or in theory earlier legislation)...
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  • Anderson, described as being 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall. Under the Sexual Offences Act 1956, then in force in the United Kingdom, no crime of rape was deemed...
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  • case before the European Court of Human Rights, challenging the Sexual Offences Act 1956 in the United Kingdom. The case addressed privacy protections and...
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  • Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, people convicted for homosexual acts between consenting adults under section 12 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 can apply to have...
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