# Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

An Act to prohibit female circumcision.
[16th July 1985]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/38/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-circumcision-act-1985/introduction
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