Sexual Offences Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom[1] and former British colonies and territories such as Antigua and Barbuda,[2] Crown dependencies, Kenya,[3] Lesotho,[4] Republic of Ireland,[5] Sierra Leone,[6] South Africa[7] and Trinidad and Tobago[8] relating to sexual offences (including both substantive and procedural provisions).
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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 term of art.
- ^ "Rape and Sexual Offences - Chapter 2: Sexual Offences Act 2003 - Principal Offences, and Sexual Offences Act 1956 - Most commonly charged offences | The Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Sexual Offences Act 1995" (PDF). Parliament of Antigua ad Barbuda. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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kenyawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Sexual Offences Act 2003" (PDF). Lesotho Government Gazette. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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irelandwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Sexual Offences act 2012" (PDF). Sierra Leone Gazette. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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