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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)
General provisions; 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.