Sexual Offences Act 1956
Sexual Offences Act 1956 (1956 c. 69)
- Sexual Offences Act 1956 (1956 c. 69)
- Part I Offences, and the Prosecution and Punishment of Offences
- Intercourse by force, intimidation, etc.
- 1 Rape of woman or man.
- 2 Procurement of woman by threats.
- 3 Procurement of woman by false pretences.
- 4 Administering drugs to obtain or facilitate intercourse.
- Intercourse with girls under sixteen
- 5 Intercourse with girl under thirteen.
- 6 Intercourse with girl between thirteen and sixteen.
- Intercourse with defectives
- 7 Intercourse with defective.
- 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 9 Procurement of defective.
- Incest
- 10 Incest by a man.
- 11 Incest by a woman.
- Unnatural offences
- 12 Buggery.
- 13 Indecency between men.
- Assaults
- 14 Indecent assault on a woman.
- 15 Indecent assault on a man.
- 16 Assault with intent to commit buggery.
- Abduction
- 17 Abduction of woman by force or for the sake of her property.
- 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 19 Abduction of unmarried girl under eighteen from parent or guardian.
- 20 Abduction of unmarried girl under sixteen from parent or guardian.
- 21 Abduction of defective from parent or guardian.
- Prostitution, procuration etc.
- 22 Causing prostitution of women.
- 23 Procuration of girl under twenty-one.
- 24 Detention of woman in brothel or other premises.
- 25 Permitting girl under thirteen to use premises for intercourse.
- 26 Permitting girl between thirteen and sixteen to use premises for intercourse.
- 27 Permitting defective to use premises for intercourse.
- 28 Causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with, or indecent assault on, girl under sixteen.
- 29 Causing or encouraging prostitution of defective.
- 30 Man living on earnings of prostitution.
- 31 Woman exercising control over prostitute.
- Solicitation
- 32 Solicitation by men.
- Suppression of brothels
- 33 Keeping a brothel.
- 33A Keeping a brothel used for prostitution
- 34 Landlord letting premises for use as brothel.
- 35 Tenant permitting premises to be used as brothel.
- 36 Tenant permitting premises to be used for prostitution.
- Powers and procedure for dealing with offenders
- 37 Prosecution and punishment of offences.
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- Powers of arrest and search
- 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 41 Power of arrest in cases of trading in prostitution, or of soliciting by men.
- 42 Power of search in case of man living on earnings of prostitution.
- 43 Power to search for and remove woman detained for immoral purposes.
- Interpretation
- 44 Meaning of “sexual intercourse”.
- 45 Meaning of “defective”.
- 46 Use of words “man”, “boy”, “woman” and “girl”.
- 46A Meaning of parental responsibility.
- 47 Proof of exceptions.
- Part II Supplementary
- Consequential amendments
- 48 Amendments of Acts not consolidated.
- 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 50 Adaptation of enactments applying to Northern Ireland.
- 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 52 Savings, etc.
- 53 Construction of references to enactments.
- 54 Extent.
- 55 Short title.
- 56 Commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- FIRST SCHEDULE Rights of Landlord where Tenant convicted of
- permitting use of premises as Brothel
- SECOND SCHEDULE Table of offences, with mode of prosecution, punishments, etc.
- Part I Felonies and attempts of felonies
- Part II Offences other than felonies and attempts at felonies
- Third Schedule Consequential Amendments of Enactments not Consolidated.
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