[Rev. 2012] Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation CAP. 62B CHAPTER 62B PROHIBITION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION ACT [Date of assent: 30th September, 2011.] [Date of commencement: 4th October, 2011.] An Act of Parliament to prohibit the practice of female genital mutilation, to safeguard against violation of a person’s mental or physical integrity through the practice of female genital mutilation and for connected purposes [Act No. 32 of 2011.] PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act. 2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Board” means the Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Board established under section 3; “female genital mutilation” comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs, or any harmful procedure to the female genitalia, for non-medical reasons, and includes— (a) clitoridectomy, which is the partial or total removal of the clitoris or the prepuce; (b) excision, which is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora; (c) infibulation, which is the narrowing of the vaginal orifice with the creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositioning the labia minora or the labia majora, with or without excision of the clitoris, but does not include a sexual reassignment procedure or a medical procedure that has a genuine therapeutic purpose; “law enforcement officer” includes a police officer, a member of the provincial administration, a children’s officer, a probation officer, a gender and social development officer and a cultural officer; “medical practitioner” means a person registered as such under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Cap. 253); P35 - 5 [Issue 1]