Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act, 1990

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Number 32 of 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.

9.

Consent.

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.

21.

Repeals.

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Enactments Repealed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

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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: