Sexual Offences Act 1956
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate (with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949) the statute law of England and Wales relating to sexual crimes, to the abduction, procuration and prostitution of women and to kindred offences, and to make such adaptations of statutes extending beyond England and Wales as are needed in consequence of that consolidation. |
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| Citation | 1956 c. 69 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 2 August 1956 |
| Commencement | 1 January 1957 |
| Repealed | mostly 1 May 2004 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Sexual Offences Act 2003 |
Status: Current legislation | |
The Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c.69) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that codified the English criminal law relating to sexual offences between 1957 and 2004. It was mostly repealed (from 1 May 2004) by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which replaced it, but sections 33 to 37 still survive. The 2003 Act also added a new section 33A. These sections create offences to deal with brothels.
The Act today
Sections 33, 34, 35 and 36 create summary offences. Section 33A creates an aggravated version of the offence in section 33, and is an indictable offence. Section 37 prescribes the penalties.
External links
- Sections 33, 34, 35 and 36 of the Act, from the UK Statute Law Database.
- Section 33A (as inserted by section 55 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003).