{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008/schedule-26/paragraph-37",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/4",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008",
  "path": "schedule/26/paragraph/37",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 62 (meaning of “sexual offence” and other references to offences) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1) at end insert “ or any relevant superseded offence ”.\n(3) After that subsection insert—\n“(1A) In subsection (1) “relevant superseded offence” means—\n(a) rape or burglary with intent to rape;\n(b) an offence under any of sections 2 to 12 and 14 to 17 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (unlawful intercourse, indecent assault, forcible abduction etc.);\n(c) an offence under section 128 of the Mental Health Act 1959 (unlawful intercourse with person receiving treatment for mental disorder by member of hospital staff etc.);\n(d) an offence under section 1 of the Indecency with Children Act 1960 (indecent conduct towards child under 14);\n(e) an offence under section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (incitement of child under 16 to commit incest).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/32",
      "affecting_title": "Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/schedule/26/paragraph/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:34:04.639459+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}