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Sexual Offences Act 1956

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Session and ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
24 & 25 Vict. c. 100.The Offences against the Person Act, 1861.Sections forty-eight, fifty-two to fifty-five and sixty-one to sixty-three and, so far as they relate to offences mentioned in those sections, sections sixty-four to sixty-eight and seventy-one.
48 & 49 Vict. c. 69.The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885.The whole Act.
61 & 62 Vict. c. 36.The Criminal Evidence Act, 1898.In the Schedule, the entries relating to the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, to the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, to the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908, and to the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913.
61 & 62 Vict. c. 39.The Vagrancy Act, 1898The whole Act.
8 Edw. 7. c. 45.The Punishment of Incest Act, 1908.The whole Act.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 20.The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912.The whole Act.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 28.The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913.Section fifty-six; in subsection (1) of section sixty, the words "except where otherwise expressly provided ".
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 56.The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1922.The whole Act.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 86.The Criminal Justice Act, 1925.Paragraph 3 of the First Schedule.
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 42.The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1928.The whole Act.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 36.The Age of Marriage Act, 1929.The proviso to subsection (1) of section one.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12.The Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.Section two; subsection (2) of section three; in the First Schedule, the words " fifty-five", the words " fifty-two or sixty-two ", the words " or under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885", the entry relating to the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908, and the word " two " in the next following entry.
1 Edw. 8. and 1 Geo. 6. c. 12.The Firearms Act, 1937.In the Third Schedule, in the entry relating to the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, the words "forty-eight, and sections fifty-three to ".
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 19.The Attempted Rape Act, 1948.The whole Act.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 36.The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1951.The whole Act.
15 & 16 Geo. 6. and 1 Eliz. 2. c. 67.The Visiting Forces Act, 1952.In sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 1 of the Schedule, paragraphs (ii) and (iii) and in paragraph (iv) the words " section fifty-six of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, and ".

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short TitleSession and Chapter
Extradition Act, 187336 & 37 Vict. c. 60.
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 188548 & 49 Vict. c. 69.
Interpretation Act, 188952 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
Criminal Evidence Act, 189861 & 62 Vict. c. 36.
Punishment of Incest Act, 19088 Edw. 7. c. 45.
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 19122 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 20.
Mental Deficiency Act, 19133 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 28.
Government of Ireland Act, 192010 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67.
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 192212 & 13 Geo. 3. c. 56.
Age of Marriage Act, 192919 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 36.
Road Traffic Act, 193020 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43.
Children and Young Persons Act, 193323 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12.
Firearms Act, 19371 Edw. 8. & I Geo. 6. c. 12.
Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 19381 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 63.
Education Act, 19447 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 31.
Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act, 19469 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 34.
Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 194912, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 33.
Marriage Act, 194912, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 76.
Adoption Act, 195014 Geo. 6. c. 26.
Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act, 195114 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 65.
Magistrates' Courts Act, 195215 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.
Visiting Forces Act, 195215 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 67.
Landlord and Tenant Act, 19542 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 56.

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