Repealed Offences
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General Principles
A person can still be charged with a repealed offence as long as the offence is in existence at the time that the offence was committed.
List of Repealed Offences (1980 to present)
- Procuring and Living on the Avails of Prostitution (Repealed Offence): repealed December 6th, 2014
- Rape (Repealed Offence): repealed in 1982
- Sexual Intercourse with Step-Daughter (Repealed Offence): repealed in 1987
- Gross Indecency (Repealed Offence): repealed in 1987
- Indecent Assault (Repealed Offence): repealed around 1980
- Sexual Intercourse with Female Under 14 (s. 269/301/146/153): repealed in 1987
- Abduction of a Woman (s. 281/313/234): repealed around 1980
- Seduction of Female Between 16 and 18 (s. 211/143/151/156): repealed in 1987
- Seduction of Female Passengers on Vessels (s. 184, 214, 146, 154, 159): repealed in 1987
- Seduction under promise of marriage (s. 182/212/144/152): repealed in 1987
- Seduction of Female Employees, Wards, Step-Daughters, etc. (s. 213, 145); repealed in 1987
- Sexual Intercourse with Feeble-Minded Persons (s. 189/219/140/148): repealed around 1980
- Communicating Venereal Diseases (s. 316A/307/239/253/289): repealed around 1985
List of Repealed Offences (Pre-1980)
- Attempted Carnal Knowledge of Girl Under Fourteen (s. 302/270): repealed around 1953
- Abduction of Heiress (s.314/282): repealed around 1953
- Conspiracy to Defile (s. 188/218): repealed around 1953
- Seduction of Girls Under 16 (s. 181/211): repealed around 1919