Section 1 Prohibition of female circumcision.
United Kingdom
Subject to section 2 below, it shall be an offence for any person—
to excise, infibulate or otherwise mutilate the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person; or
to aid, abet, counsel or procure the performance by another person of any of those acts on that other person’s own body.
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both; or
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum F3. . . or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Act ceases to have effect (E.W.N.I.) (3.3.2004) by virtue of Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31), ss. 7(1), 8(2) (with s. 8(5)); S.I. 2004/286, art. 2
- F2
Act repealed (S.) (1.9.2005) by Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 8), s. 7(2)
- F3
Words in s. 1(2)(b) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Gp. 2
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F2
Act repealed (S.) (1.9.2005) by Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 8), s. 7(2)