Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017
The setting up of the court is in tandem with the sexual offences against children act 2017 soaca that was passed by parliament last april amid concerns that existing laws at that time were.
Sexual offences against children act 2017. Sexual act with protected person. At the court s inauguration in putrajaya. 1 this act may be cited as the sexual offences against children act 2017.
21st july 2006 an act of parliament to make provision about sexual offences their definition prevention and the protection of all persons from harm from unlawful sexual acts and for connected purposes. The significant passage of time does not prevent the effective prosecution of sexual offences and charges contrary to the sexual offences act 1956 and indecency with children act 1960 are still used regularly by prosecutors when dealing with criminality which took place before may 2004. The setting up of the court is in tandem with the country s recently approved sexual offences against children act 2017 which will come into effect soon.
Committed prior to the commencement of section 17 of the criminal law sexual offences act 2017 shall not be a sexual offence for the purposes of part 2 of this act if the person who is convicted of the offence was at the date of the commission of the offence not more than 24 months older than the child with whom he or she engaged or attempted to engage in a sexual act within the meaning of. The court will also hear its first case on july 4. It s also worth mentioning that this was a rare time in which the bill proposal for the law received unanimous support from both sides of the political divide when it was tabled in parliament.
1 this act shall apply to a child who is under the age of eighteen years. Enacted by the parliament of kenya as follows 1. 2 this act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the minister by notification in the gazette.
Sexual act with child under 15 years of age. This act may be cited as the sexual. 2 any reference to a child shall include a person whom the.
The sexual offences act 2006 commencement date. The ultimate object of the proposed act is to provide for better protection for children against sexual offences and to safeguard the interest and well being of children and to provide effective. The sexual offences against children act 2017 comprehensively covers all aspects including corroboration of evidence for child victims and setting up a special court for child sexual offences nationwide.
Offence by person in authority. In view of this the government decided to draft a new law specifically dealing with this issue in the form of the sexual offences against children act 2017. The sexual offences against children act 2017 was introduced to address the seriousness of sexual offences committed against children in malaysia.
Amendment of section 1 of act of 2006. Amendment of section 8 of act of 1990. Sexual act with child under 17 years of age.
