Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981

Number 10 of 1981

CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) ACT 1981

REVISED

Updated to 1 May 2021

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.

All Acts up to and including the Children (Amendment) Act 2021 (6/2021), enacted 26 April 2021, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (section 46(5)) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 228 of 2021), made 30 April 2021, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

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Number 10 of 1981


CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) ACT 1981

REVISED

Updated to 1 May 2021


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS


Acts Referred to

Children Act, 1908

1908, c. 67

Children Act, 1941

1941, No. 12

Criminal Justice Act, 1951

1951, No. 2

Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935

1935, No. 6

Criminal Procedure Act, 1967

1967, No. 12

Offences against the Person Act, 1861

1861, c. 100

Summary Jurisdiction over Children (Ireland) Act, 1884

1884, c. 19


Number 10 of 1981


CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) ACT 1981

REVISED

Updated to 1 May 2021


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:

E1

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.