Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981
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Short title and commencement. |
13.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981. | |
(2) This Act shall come into operation one month after the date of its passing. | ||
(3) Section 3 (including that section as applied by sections 5 and 9 ) and section 4 shall not have effect in relation to a trial or preliminary examination which begins before the commencement of this Act and sections 7 and 8 shall not have effect in relation to a charge alleging a rape offence which is made before such commencement. | ||
(4) Section 10 and, in so far as it relates to an offence under section 10 , section 12 shall not have effect in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of this Act. |