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CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the law in Northern Ireland with respect to
offences against persons under the age of sixteen, and with respect
to penalties under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment
Act, 1885.
[10th May 1923]
Consent of young person to be no defence.

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923 - SECT 1

1. It shall be no defence to a charge or indictment for an
indecent assault on a child or young person under the age of
[seventeen] to prove that he or she consented to the act of
indecency.

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923 - SECT 2
Amendment of ss.5 & 6 of 1885 c.69 as to defence of reasonable
belief.

2. Reasonable cause to believe that a girl was of or above the
age of [seventeen] years shall not be a defence to a charge under
sub-section (1) of section five or under section six of the
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (in this Act referred to as "the
principal Act"). The limit of time mentioned in the second proviso
to section five of the principal Act, ... shall be [twelve] months
after the commission of the offence.

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923 - SECT 3
Amendment of penalties under s.13 of principal Act.

3. Any person who is convicted of an offence against section
thirteen of the principal Act (which relates to summary proceedings
against brothel keepers, &c.) shall be liable on summary conviction

(a)to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment.
... for a term not exceeding three months; and

(b)on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding
two hundred and fifty pounds or to imprisonment. ... for a term
not exceeding six months;

Construction and short title.

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923 - SECT 4

4.Subs.(1) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI) s.48(1) sch.; subs.(2) rep. by
SLR (NI) 1952

(3) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Amendment Act
(Northern Ireland), 1923; and the Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885
to 1912, and this Act may, to the extent to which they apply to
Northern Ireland, be cited together as the Criminal Law Amendment
Acts (Northern Ireland), 1885 to 1923.

Schedule rep. by SLR (NI) 1952