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| Name: | Sexual Offences Act, 2001 (No. 8). |
| Country: | Zimbabwe |
| Subject(s): | Criminal and penal law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2001 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Separate copy, 12 p. |
| ISN: | ZWE-2001-L-64993 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=64993&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Separate copy, 12 p. Legislation on-line  Parliament of Zimbabwe PDF of Act as amended to Act 22/2001 (consulted on 2016-02-19) |
| 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. |
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