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ZWE-2001-L-64993
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Sexual Offences Act, 2001 (No. 8).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Zimbabwe
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2001
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends criminal law regarding sexual offences. Divided into 6 parts. Part 1 contains preliminary provisions. Part 2 deals with extra-marital sexual intercourse with young persons and severely intellectually handicapped persons, Part 3 with non-consensual sexual acts, and Part 4 with suppression of prostitution. Part 5 makes provision for prevention of spread of HIV. Provides for offence of deliberate transmission of HIV, testing of sexual offenders for HIV infection, and presumption regarding HIV infection. Part 6 contains general provisions.
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2004 (ZWE-2004-L-72803)
Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (No. 23/2004).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Parliament of Zimbabwe
URL
http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/
File
ZWE64993.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act 22/2001)
Serial region
Serial title
Separate copy
Page range
12 p.