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The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is an Act of
Parliament in the United Kingdom, passed in 2003. It entered into
force on May 1, 2004.
It replaces other sexual offences laws with more specific ones, with more specific and explicit wording. It creates several
new offences, such as voyeurism, bestiality and necrophilia.
The Act has faced criticism because it outlaws consensual "sexual hugging" in
public places or by underage persons, even when both participants are
underage. The law is unique since neither the Home Office or the Police have
any intention of policing such nor prosecuting them except in extreme circumstances. This does not change much: underage sex by
teenagers never has been actively pursued by either the Police nor the Crown Prosecution Service.
For some more information see the article on rape
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