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Number 32 of 1990
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 15 February 2022
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This Revised Act is an
administrative consolidation of the
Criminal Law (Rape)(Amendment) Act 1990
. It
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Number
32
of
1990
CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 15 February
2022
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Interpretation.
2.
Sexual
assault.
3.
Aggravated
sexual assault.
4.
Rape under
section
4
.
5.
Abolition of
marital exemption in relation to rape.
6.
Capacity to
commit offences of a sexual nature.
7.
Corroboration
of evidence in proceedings in relation to offences of a sexual
nature.
8.
Alternative
verdicts.
9.
Consent.
10.
Trial of
persons for certain offences by Central Criminal Court.
11.
Exclusion of
the public from hearings.
12.
Amendment of
section 1 of Principal Act.
13.
Amendment of
section 3 of Principal Act.
14.
Amendment of
section 8 of Principal Act.
15.
Amendment of
section 9 of Principal Act.
16.
Amendment of
section 12 of Principal Act.
17.
Miscellaneous
amendments of Principal Act.
18.
Amendment of
section 18
of
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935
.
19.
Amendment of
Defence Act, 1954.
20.
Amendment of
Criminal Procedure Act, 1967.
21.
Repeals.
22.
Short title,
collective citation, construction, commencement and transitional
provision.
SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed
Acts Referred to
Criminal Justice Act, 1951
1951, No. 2
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885
1885, c. 69
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935
1935, No. 6
Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981
1981, No. 10
Criminal Procedure Act, 1967
1967, No. 12
Defence Act, 1954
1954, No. 18
Genocide Act, 1973
1973, No. 28
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. [18
th December
, 1990]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS
FOLLOWS
Section
1.
Interpretation.
2.
Sexual
assault.
3.
Aggravated
sexual assault.
4.
Rape under
section
4
.
5.
Abolition of
marital exemption in relation to rape.
6.
Capacity to
commit offences of a sexual nature.
7.
Corroboration
of evidence in proceedings in relation to offences of a sexual
nature.
8.
Alternative
verdicts.
9.
Consent.
10.
Trial of
persons for certain offences by Central Criminal Court.
11.
Exclusion of
the public from hearings.
12.
Amendment of
section 1 of Principal Act.
13.
Amendment of
section 3 of Principal Act.
14.
Amendment of
section 8 of Principal Act.
15.
Amendment of
section 9 of Principal Act.
16.
Amendment of
section 12 of Principal Act.
17.
Miscellaneous
amendments of Principal Act.
18.
Amendment of
section 18
of
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935
.
19.
Amendment of
Defence Act, 1954.
20.
Amendment of
Criminal Procedure Act, 1967.
21.
Repeals.
22.
Short title,
collective citation, construction, commencement and transitional
provision.
SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed
Number
32
of
1990