Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990
Number 32 of 1990
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 15 February 2022
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Law (Rape)(Amendment) Act 1990. 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 32 of 1990
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 15 February 2022
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Criminal Law (Rape) Acts 1981 and 1990: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be read together as one (Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990, s. 22(2)). The Acts in the group are:
• Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981
• Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017)
• Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 (15/2006)
• Sex Offenders Act 2001 (18/2001)
• Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000 (16/2000)
• Criminal Law Act 1997 (14/1997)
• Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act 1996 (38/1996)
All Acts up to and including Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (50/2021), enacted 23 December 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
None
All statutory instruments up to and including Education Act 1998 (Unregistered Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 68 of 2022), made 15 February 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 32 of 1990
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 15 February 2022
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Enactments Repealed
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Acts Referred to |
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1951, No. 2 |
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Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 |
1885, c. 69 |
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1935, No. 6 |
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1981, No. 10 |
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1967, No. 12 |
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1954, No. 18 |
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1973, No. 28 |
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Offences against the Person Act, 1861 |
1861, c. 100 |
Number 32 of 1990
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 15 February 2022
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: