Sexual Offences Act (Unofficial Translation by Family Legal Clinic)
- Law number:
- 17/2014
- Published date:
- 13/05/14
- Effective date:
- 13/05/14
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE
1. Introduction and short title
2. Purpose
3. Status of this Act
4. Definitions
Chapter 2: DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
5. Basis of the terms
6. Rape
7. Sexual injury
8. Sexual assault
9. Sexual Act
10. Sexual intent
11. Family
12. Consent
13. Mahram
Chapter 3: OFFENCES
14. Offence of rape
15. Offence of attempt to rape
16. Offence of sexual injury
17. Offence of attempt to cause sexual injury
18. Offence of sexual assault
19. Offence of attempt to cause sexual assault
20. Offense of marital rape
21. Offence of sexual act with a Mahram
22. Offence of attempt to perform sexual act with a Mahram
23. Offence of failure to report
24. Offence of sodomy
25. Offence of sexual act with an animal
26. Offence of sexual act with a cadaver
27. Offence of zinah
28. Offence of sexual act with a person with disability
29. Offense of prostitution
30. Engaging a person for prostitution
31. Trafficking a person for prostitution
32. Offence of using revenue from prostitution
33. Offence of setting up a brothel
34. Offence of intimidation
35. Offence of blackmail
36. Offence of misrepresentation
37. Offence of forced intoxication
38. Forcing upon another person to perform a sexual act
39. Offence of abduction
40. Offence of detention
41. Offence of compelling a person to participate in a sexual act
42. Forcing a person to watch a sexual act
43. Production of pornography
44. Offence of forcing to produce pornography
45. Offence of forcing to produce pornography
46. Multiple perpetrators
Chapter 4: REGISTRY
47. Sex offenders’ registry
48. Removal from registry
49. Registry
50. Notifying of a change in information
Chapter 5: EVIDENCE
51. Probative value
52. Evidence in favour of the victim
53. Evidence against the victim
Chapter 6: DAMAGES
54. Recovery of damages
55. Financial damages
56. Non-financial damages
57. Quantum of damage
Chapter 7: GENERAL PROVISIONS
58. Closed proceedings
59. Identity of the victim not to be revealed
60. Protection order
61. Reviewing this Act
62. Exemption of liability
63. Penalties for children between the ages of 16 to 18 years
64. Provision of counseling
65. Provision of financial support
66. Enacting regulation
67. Commencement of Act
68. Repealing
69. Definitions
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