Sexual Offences Act 2003
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c 42) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It replaced older sexual offences laws with more specific and explicit wording. It also created several new offences such as non-consensual voyeurism, assault by penetration, causing a child to watch a sexual act, and penetration of any part of a corpse.
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