Sexual Offences Act 1956

PART IOffences, and the Prosecution and Punishment of Offences

Intercourse by force, intimidation, etc.

2Procurement of woman by threats

3Procurement of woman by false pretences

4Administering drugs to obtain or facilitate intercourse

Intercourse with girls under sixteen

5Intercourse with girl under thirteen

6Intercourse with girl between thirteen and sixteen

Intercourse with defectives

7Intercourse with an idiot or imbecile

8Intercourse with defective

9Procurement of defective

10Incest by a man

11Incest by a woman

Unnatural offences

13Indecency between men

14Indecent assault on a woman

15Indecent assault on a man

16Assault with intent to commit buggery

17Abduction of woman by force or for the sake of her property

18Fraudulent abduction of heiress from parent or guardian

19Abduction of unmarried girl under eighteen from parent or guardian

20Abduction of unmarried girl under sixteen from parent or guardian

21Abduction of defective from parent or guardian

Prostitution, procuration etc.

22Causing prostitution of women

23Procuration of girl under twenty-one

24Detention of woman in brothel or other premises

25Permitting girl under thirteen to use premises for intercourse

26Permitting girl between thirteen and sixteen to use premises for intercourse

27Permitting defective to use premises for intercourse

28Causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with, or indecent assault on, girl under sixteen

29Causing or encouraging prostitution of defective

30Man living on earnings of prostitution

31Woman exercising control over prostitute

32Solicitation by men

Suppression of brothels

33Keeping a brothel

34Landlord letting premises for use as brothel

35Tenant permitting premises to be used as brothel

36Tenant permitting premises to be used for prostitution

Powers and procedure for dealing with offenders

37Prosecution and punishment of offences

38Powers of court in case of incest with girl under twenty-one

39Evidence of wife or husband of accused

Powers of arrest and search

40Power of arrest in case of procuration or prostitution of women

41Power of arrest in cases of trading in prostitution, or of soliciting by men

42Power of search in case of man living on earnings of prostitution

43Power to search for and remove woman detained for immoral purposes

44Meaning of "sexual intercourse"

45Meaning of "defective"

46Use of words "man", "boy", "woman" and "girl"

47Proof of exceptions

PART IISupplementary

Consequential amendments

48Amendments of Acts not consolidated

49Adaptation of enactments applying to Scotland

50Adaptation of enactments applying to Northern Ireland

52Savings, etc.

53Construction of references to enactments

FIRST SCHEDULERights of Landlord where Tenant convicted of permitting use of premises as Brothel

1Upon the conviction of the tenant or occupier (in this...

2If the tenant fails to do so within three months,...

3Where the lease or contract is determined under this Schedule,...

4The approval of the lessor or landlord for the purposes...

5This Schedule shall have effect subject to the Rent and...

SECOND SCHEDULETable of offences, with mode of prosecution, punishments, etc.

Felonies and attempts at felonies

Offences other than felonies and attempts at felonies

THIRD SCHEDULEConsequential Amendments of Enactments not Consolidated

FOURTH SCHEDULERepeals

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Sexual Offences Act 1956

1956 CHAPTER 69

An Act to consolidate (with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949) the statute law of England and Wales relating to sexual crimes, to the abduction, procuration and prostitution of women and to kindred offences, and to make such adaptations of statutes extending beyond England and Wales as are needed in consequence of that consolidation.

[2nd August, 1956]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—