Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981
Number 10 of 1981
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) ACT 1981
REVISED
Updated to 31 August 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 10 of 1981
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) ACT 1981
REVISED
Updated to 31 August 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Acts Referred to |
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Children Act, 1908 |
1908, c. 67 |
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1941, No. 12 |
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1951, No. 2 |
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1935, No. 6 |
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1967, No. 12 |
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Offences against the Person Act, 1861 |
1861, c. 100 |
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Summary Jurisdiction over Children (Ireland) Act, 1884 |
1884, c. 19 |
Number 10 of 1981
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) ACT 1981
REVISED
Updated to 31 August 2024
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT ON FEMALES. [6th May, 1981]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
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Provision for special treatment of child offences under Act made (1.05.2002) by Children Act 2001 (24/2001), ss. 251, 253-256 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 151 of 2002.