Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024
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Amendment of section 192 of Act of 1954 | ||
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39. Section 192 of the Act of 1954 is amended— | ||
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1A): | ||
“(1A) In this section— | ||
‘aggravated sexual assault’, ‘rape under section 4’ and ‘sexual assault’ have the same meanings as they have in the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 ; | ||
‘relevant offence’ means— | ||
(a) the offence of treason or murder, | ||
(b) an offence under section 3, as amended, of the Geneva Conventions Act 1962 or an offence under section 7 (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes) or 8 (ancillary offences) of the International Criminal Court Act 2006 , | ||
(c) manslaughter, | ||
(d) rape, | ||
(e) rape under section 4, | ||
(f) aggravated sexual assault, | ||
(g) sexual assault, | ||
(h) attempted rape, rape under section 4, aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault, | ||
(i) aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the offence of rape, rape under section 4, aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault, | ||
(j) incitement to the offence of rape, rape under section 4, aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault, | ||
(k) conspiracy to commit the offences specified in paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j), | ||
(l) an offence under the Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention Against Torture) Act 2000 , | ||
(m) an offence under the Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000 , or | ||
(n) an offence under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 .”, | ||
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): | ||
“(3) A general court-martial shall not have jurisdiction to try any person subject to military law for a relevant offence unless the offence was committed while the person was on active service outside the State or despatched for service outside the State under section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 or for any purpose specified in section 3 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 when the offence was committed.”, | ||
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(c) by the deletion of subsection (3A). |