Английская Википедия:Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912

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Шаблон:Infobox UK legislation The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912, extended provisions of the 1824 Act to Scotland and Ireland and widened the scope of the original bill. The Amendment act is also known as the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912; and the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885.[1]

Amendments

The Bill introduced a number of new amendments including[1]

  • Any male could now be whipped in private as a punishment. The court would decide on the instrument used and how many strokes would be administered.
  • The 'person in charge' of brothels was now liable to charges not just the 'occupier'[2]
  • Arresting any man who would aid or abbett a prostitute

Application of Act

The act would not apply to criminal proceedings triggered before the act came into effect.[3]

References

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  3. Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912 : 2 & 3 Geo.5 : C.20 : An Act to Amend the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, the Vagrancy Act 1898 and the Immoral Traffic (Scotland) Act 1902. London]: [printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for Rowland Bailey, the King's Printer of Acts of Parliament], 1912. Print.