{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-1976-repealed-141996/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-1976-repealed-141996/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/67",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed 1.4.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-1976-repealed-141996",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Intercourse with girl under 13.",
  "text": "(1) Any person who has unlawful sexual intercourse with any girl under the age of 13 years shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.\n(2) Any person who attempts to have unlawful sexual intercourse with any girl under the age of 13 years shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/67/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:27:45.851795+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."
}