(1) In Northern Ireland, a conviction under section thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five or thirty-six of this Act shall be taken into account under section three of the Criminal Law Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1923, in the same way as a conviction under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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52 Savings, etc.

(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect any previous enactment in its operation in relation to offences under any such enactment committed or partly committed before the commencement of this Act, or in relation to anything done before that commencement under the authority or for the purposes of any such enactment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, and in particular to those of the Third Schedule, any reference in any document to an enactment repealed by this Act shall be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to the corresponding provision of this Act, so far as may be necessary to prevent this Act altering the substantial effect of the document. (3) Without prejudice to the last foregoing subsection any reference in any document to an offence under an enactment repealed by this Act, if it referred, or included a reference, to an attempt to commit an offence under such an enactment, shall be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to an attempt to commit the corresponding offence under this Act, so far as may be necessary to prevent this Act altering the substantial effect of the document. (4) The inclusion in this Act of any express saving or amendment shall not be taken as prejudicing the operation of section thirty-eight of the Interpretation Act 1889 (which relates to the effect of repeals).

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53 Construction of references to enactments.

Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall be taken as referring to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment, including this Act.

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54 Extent.

(1) This Act shall not extend to Scotland, . . .. (2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland, except section fifty . . ..

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55 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences Act 1956.

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56 Commencement.

This Act shall come into force on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

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FIRST SCHEDULE Rights of Landlord where Tenant convicted of

Section 35. permitting use of premises as Brothel 1 Upon the conviction of the tenant or occupier (in this Schedule referred to as “the tenant”), the lessor or landlord may require the tenant to assign or transfer the lease or other contract under which the premises are held by him to some person approved by the lessor or landlord. 2 If the tenant fails to do so within three months, the lessor or landlord may determine the lease or contract (but without prejudice to the rights or remedies of any party thereto accrued before the date of the determination). 3 Where the lease or contract is determined under this Schedule, the court by which the tenant was convicted may make a summary order for delivery of possession of the premises to the lessor or landlord. 4 The approval of the lessor or landlord for the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall not be unreasonably withheld. 5 This Schedule shall have effect subject to the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts 1920 to 1939, the Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act 1946, Part II of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951, and Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part I of the Housing Act 1988 and Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

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SECOND SCHEDULE Table of offences, with mode of prosecution, punishments, etc.

Section 37. Part I Felonies and attempts of felonies Offence | Mode of Prosecution | Punishment | Provisions as to alternative verdicts etc. 1. . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . 2. . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . 3. . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . 4. . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . 5. . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . 6. . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . Part II Offences other than felonies and attempts at felonies Offence | Mode of Prosecution | Punishment | Provisions as to alternative verdicts etc. 7. . . . | . . . | . . . 8. . . . | . . . | . . . 9. . . . | . . . | . . . 10. . . . | . . . | . . . 11. . . . | . . . | . . . 12. . . . 13. . . . | . . . | . . . 14. . . . | . . . | . . . 15. . . . | . . . | . . . 16. . . . | . . . | . . . 17. . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . 18. . . . | . . . | . . . 19. . . . | . . . | . . . 20. . . . | . . . | . . . 21. . . . | . . . | . . . 22. . . . | . . . | . . . 23. . . . | . . . | . . . 24. . . . | . . . | . . . 25. . . . | . . . | . . . 26. . . . | . . . | . . . 27. . . . | . . . | . . . 28. . . . | . . . 29. . . . | . . . 30. . . . | . . . 31. . . . | . . . 32. . . . | . . . 33. Keeping a brothel (section thirty-three) | Summarily ... | For an offence committed after a previous conviction, six months, or two hundred and fifty pounds, or both; otherwise, three months, or one hundred pounds, or both. | A conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-four, thirty-five or thirty-six of this Act, or under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the section replaced for England and Wales by sections thirty-three to thirty-six of this Act), shall be taken into account as a previous conviction in the same way as a conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-three of this Act. 33A. Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (section 33A). | (i) on indictment (ii) summarily | Seven years Six months, or the statutory maximum, or both. 34. Letting premises for use as a brothel (section thirty-four) | Summarily ... | For an offence committed after a previous conviction, six months, or two hundred and fifty pounds, or both; otherwise, three months, or one hundred pounds, or both. | A conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-three, thirty-five or thirty-six of this Act, or under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the section replaced for England and Wales by sections thirty-three to thirty-six of this Act), shall be taken into account as a previous conviction in the same way as a conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-four of this Act. 35. Tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel (section thirty-five) | Summarily ... | For an offence committed after a previous conviction, six months, or two hundred and fifty pounds, or both; otherwise, three months, or one hundred pounds, or both. | A conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-three, thirty-four or thirty-six of this Act, or under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the section replaced for England and Wales by sections thirty-three to thirty-six of this Act), shall be taken into account as a previous conviction in the same way as a conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-five of this Act. 36. Tenant permitting premises to be used as for prostitution (section thirty-five) | Summarily... | For an offence committed after a previous conviction, six months, or two hundred and fifty pounds, or both; otherwise, three months, or one hundred pounds, or both. | A conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-three, thirty-four or thirty-five of this Act, or under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the section replaced for England and Wales by sections thirty-three to thirty-six of this Act), shall be taken into account as a previous conviction in the same way as a conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-six of this Act.

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Third Schedule Consequential Amendments of Enactments not Consolidated.

Section 48. Enactment and Subject matter | Amendment . . . | . . . The Children and Young Persons Act, 1933. . . . | . . . Subsection (2) of section ninety-nine (Presumption as to the truth of allegations about a person’s age in a charge or indictment). | for the words “except an offence under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885” there shall be substituted the words “except as provided in that Schedule”. First Schedule (Offences to which special provisions of the Act apply). | Immediately before the last entry there shall be inserted the following entry:— “Any offence against a child or young person under any of the following sections of the Sexual Offences Act, 1956, that is to say sections two to seven, ten to sixteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-two to twenty-six and twenty-eight, and any attempt to commit against a child or young person an offence under section two, five, six, seven, ten, eleven, twelve, twenty-two or twenty-three of that Act: Provided that for the purposes of subsection (2) of section ninety-nine of this Act this entry shall apply so far only as it relates to offences under sections ten, eleven, twelve, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty and twenty-eight of the Sexual Offences Act, 1956 and attempts to commit offences under sections ten, eleven and twelve of that Act.” The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1952. | For the words “under section one of the Vagrancy Act, 1898” there shall be substituted the words “under section thirty, thirty-one or thirty-two of the Sexual Offences Act, 1956”. The Visiting Forces Act, 1952. Paragraph 1 of the Schedule (Offences not triable by United kingdom courts in the cases provided for by section three of the Act). | At the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added as a new paragraph (viii):— “(viii) sections two to twenty-eight of the Sexual Offences Act 1956.” . . .

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SCHEDULE 4

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