{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/31",
  "legislation_title": "Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offence of assisting a non-UK person to mutilate overseas a girl’s genitalia",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he aids, abets, counsels or procures a person who is not a United Kingdom national or ... United Kingdom resident to do a relevant act of female genital mutilation outside the United Kingdom.\n(2) An act is a relevant act of female genital mutilation if—\n(a) it is done in relation to a United Kingdom national or ... United Kingdom resident, and\n(b) it would, if done by such a person, constitute an offence under section 1.\n(3) But no offence is committed if the relevant act of female genital mutilation—\n(a) is a surgical operation falling within section 1(2)(a) or (b), and\n(b) is performed by a person who, in relation to such an operation, is an approved person or exercises functions corresponding to those of an approved person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 3(1) omitted (3.5.2015) by virtue of Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 70(1)(a), 88(4) (with s. 86(10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 3(2)(a) omitted (3.5.2015) by virtue of Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 70(1)(a), 88(4) (with s. 86(10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 3.3.2004 by S.I. 2004/286, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/31/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:02.022803+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."
}