Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Criminal_Law_Amendment_Act_1885
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Labouchere_Amendment
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Offences_against_the_Person_Act_1861
gptkbp:citation 48 & 49 Vict. c. 69
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1885
gptkbp:effect criminalized male homosexual acts
raised age of consent from 13 to 16
increased penalties for sexual offences against minors
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes.
gptkbp:notableFor Section 11 (Labouchere Amendment)
gptkbp:purpose protection of women and girls
suppression of brothels
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 14 August 1885
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Sexual_Offences_Act_1956
gptkbp:section criminalized gross indecency between males
gptkbp:sponsor Sir Henry James
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Section_11_of_the_Criminal_Law_Amendment_Act_1885
gptkb:Eliza_Armstrong
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7