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  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/29",
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  "number": "29",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 1956—\n(a) section 1 (rape);\n(b) section 2 (procurement of woman by threats);\n(c) section 3 (procurement of woman by false pretences);\n(d) section 4 (administering drugs to obtain or facilitate intercourse);\n(e) section 5 (intercourse with girl under 13);\n(f) section 6 (intercourse with girl under 16);\n(g) section 7 (intercourse with a defective);\n(h) section 9 (procurement of a defective);\n(i) section 10 or 11 (incest);\n(j) section 14 (indecent assault on a woman);\n(k) section 15 (indecent assault on a man);\n(l) section 16 (assault with intent to commit buggery);\n(m) section 17 (abduction of woman by force or for the sake of her property);\n(n) section 19 (abduction of unmarried girl under 18 from parent or guardian);\n(o) section 20 (abduction of unmarried girl under 16 from parent or guardian);\n(p) section 21 (abduction of defective from parent or guardian);\n(q) section 22 (causing prostitution of women);\n(r) section 23 (procuration of girl under 21);\n(s) section 24 (detention of woman in brothel);\n(t) section 25 (permitting girl under 13 to use premises for intercourse;\n(u) section 26 (permitting girl under 16 to use premises for intercourse);\n(v) section 27 (permitting defective to use premises for intercourse);\n(w) section 28 (causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with, or indecent assault on, girl under 16);\n(x) section 29 (causing or encouraging prostitution of defective);\n(y) section 32 (soliciting by men);\n(z) section 33A (keeping a brothel used for prostitution).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 29 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:57.370248+00:00"
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  "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."
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