Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act, 1990

Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act, 1990 1990 32

No. 32/1990:

CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1990

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Interpretation.

2. Sexual assault.

3. Aggravated sexual assault.

4. Rape under section 4.

5. Abolition of marital exemption in relation to rape.

6. Capacity to commit offences of a sexual nature.

7. Corroboration of evidence in proceedings in relation to offences of a sexual nature.

8. Alternative verdicts.

10. Trial of persons for certain offences by Central Criminal Court.

11. Exclusion of the public from hearings.

12. Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act.

13. Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act.

14. Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act.

15. Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act.

16. Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act.

17. Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act.

18. Amendment of section 18 of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935.

19. Amendment of Defence Act, 1954.

20. Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act, 1967.

22. Short title, collective citation, construction, commencement and transitional provision.

SCHEDULE

ENACTMENTS REPEALED

ACTS REFERRED TO

Criminal Justice Act, 1951	1951, No. 2
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885	1885, c. 69
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935	1935, No. 6
Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981	1981, No. 10
Criminal Procedure Act, 1967	1967, No. 12
Defence Act, 1954	1954, No. 18
Genocide Act, 1973	1973, No. 28
Offences against the Person Act, 1861	1861, c. 100

Number 32 of 1990

CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1990

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO RAPE AND CERTAIN OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) ACT, 1981 , AND CERTAIN OTHER ENACTMENTS.

[18th December, 1990]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: