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from the following portions of the long title:
‘To comprehensively and extensively review and amend all aspects of the laws and
the implementation of the laws relating to sexual offences, and to deal with all legal
aspects of or relating to sexual offences in a single statute, by—
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repealing the common law offence of rape and replacing it with a new
expanded statutory offence of rape, applicable to all forms of sexual penetration
without consent, irrespective of gender;
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repealing the common law offence of indecent assault and replacing it with a
new statutory offence of sexual assault, applicable to all forms of sexual violation
without consent;
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creating new statutory offences relating to certain compelled acts of
penetration or violation;
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creating new statutory offences, for adults, by criminalising the compelling or
causing the witnessing of certain sexual conduct and certain parts of the human
anatomy, the exposure or display of child pornography and the engaging of sexual
services of an adult;
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repealing the common law offences of incest, bestiality and violation of a
corpse, as far as such violation is of a sexual nature, and enacting corresponding new
statutory offences;
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enacting comprehensive provisions dealing with the creation of certain new,
expanded or amended sexual offences against children and persons who are mentally
disabled, including offences relating to sexual exploitation or grooming, exposure to
or display of pornography and the creation of child pornography, despite some of the
offences being similar to offences created in respect of adults as the creation of these
offences aims to address the particular vulnerability of children and persons who are
mentally disabled in respect of sexual abuse or exploitation;
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eliminating the differentiation drawn between the age of consent for different
consensual sexual acts and providing for special provisions relating to the prosecution
and adjudication of consensual sexual acts between children older than 12 years but
younger than 16 years;
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criminalising any attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit a sexual
offence …’
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