Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976
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| Long title | An Act to amend the law relating to rape. |
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| Citation | 1976 c 82 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales, except so far as the Act related to courts-martial and the Courts-Martial Appeal Court (including such a publication or broadcast in Northern Ireland as was mentioned in section 4(1) as adapted by section 5(l)(b) and section 6(1) as adapted by section 6(4)(b)) |
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| Royal assent | 22 November 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 Except for subsections (1) and (2) and (4) and (6) of section 7, the whole Act is repealed. Section 7(2) now provides the definition of the expression "a rape offence" in relation to court martial proceedings. The other remaining provisions are purely supplemental.
In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, from 1 September 2001section 57 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (as read with sections 56, 63(2) and 78 of that Act) provides that any reference in this Act to a specific substantive offence includes an offence under section 51 involving conduct constituting that offence, and, as if any reference in those provisions to a specific ancillary offence includes
Subsection (1) provided a definition of the word "rape". It was repealed by section 168(3) of, and Schedule 11 to, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
Subsection (2) was amended by section 168(2) of, and Schedule 10 to, that Act. It was repealed by paragraph 20(2) of Schedule 6 to, and Schedule 7 to, the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
This section was amended by section 168(2) of, and paragraphs 35(1) and (3) of Schedule 10 to, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
This section was repealed on the 4 December 2000 by section 67(3) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (as read with paragraphs 3(3) and 5(2) of Schedule 7).
This section was amended by section 47 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to, the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996. The amended text applied only in relation to alleged offences into which no criminal investigation had begun before 1 April 1997.
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