Sexual Offences Act

Sexual Offences Act

Sexual Offences Act may refer to several bills passed by the United Kingdom Parliament:

* Sexual Offences Act 1967, which decriminalised most acts of homosexuality in England and Wales between males over the age of 21
*Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000, only the third act passed since 1949 by the British House of Commons without the House of Lords' consent
* Sexual Offences Act 2003, which revised various sexual offences, and also created new offences

*Sexual Offences Act 2006, passed in Kenya


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