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Sexual Offences Act 1956

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The Sexual Offences Act 1956 is an Act of the Parliament that consolidated the English criminal law relating to sexual offences between 1957 and 2004. It was mostly repealed (from 1 May 2004) by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which replaced it.

Section 1(1) replaced section 48 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, section 14(1) replaced section 52, section 15(1) replaced section 62, section 16(1) replaced section 62, and section 20 replaced section 55.

Section 13 dealt with gross indecency.

It was repealed by the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which decriminalised homosexual behavior.

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