{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1993/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1993/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/30",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1993",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Abolition of presumption of sexual incapacity.",
  "text": "The presumption of criminal law that a boy under the age of fourteen is incapable of sexual intercourse (whether natural or unnatural) is hereby abolished.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/30/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:59.489889+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."
}