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WHERE THE ACT WAS COMMITTED WITH OR BY A MAN UNDER THE AGE OF 21;
* WHERE THE ACT WAS COMMITTED WITH A DEFECTIVE; AND
WHERE THE ACT WAS COMMITTED OTHERWISE THAN IN PRIVATE.
MOST
MR ASPREY SAID THE BILL WOULD ALSO EXTEND TO MEN AND BOYS OF THE PRESENT PROVISIONS OF THE CRIMES ORDINANCE WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO OFFER WOMEN AND GIRLS PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
PROTECTION OF WHICH MEANS,
"A NUMBER OF EXISTING OFFENCES DESIGNED FOR THE FEMALES REFER
'UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE' ESSENTIALLY, INTERCOURSE OTHERWISE THAN BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS WIFE.
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"A PERSON WHO HAS UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE NECESSARILY COMMIT AN OFFENCE.
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"HOWEVER, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AN ACT WILL AN OFFENCE; FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE ACT IS PROCURED BY THREATS, PRETENCES, OR OBTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS," HE SAID.
THE SECRETARY ADDED THAT CLAUSE 2 INTRODUCED THE TERM "UNLAWFUL SEXUAL ACT" TO REPLACE "UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE" IN THOSE OFFENCES WHICH WOULD BE EXTENDED TO PROTECT MALES AND FEMALES EQUALLY FROM SEXUAL ABUSE.
"AN 'UNLAWFUL SEXUAL ACT' WILL INCLUDE UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AND ALSO HOMOSEXUAL ACTS.
"BY DESCRIBING SUCH ACTS AS * UNLAWFUL SEXUAL ACTS' AND DESIGNATING THEM AS IMMORAL FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 147 OF THE ORDINANCE, WHICH RELATES TO SOLICITING FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES, IT IS MADE CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT ACTS WHICH THE LAW CONDONES OR WILL SUPPORT," HE SAID.
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY POINTED OUT THAT THE BILL WOULD ALSO EXTEND TO MEN AND BOYS THE PROTECTION CURRENTLY AFFORDED TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN RELATION TO PROSTITUTION.
THIS WAS ACHIEVED BY DELETING REFERENCE TO THE SEX OF THE PROSTITUTE OR PERSON LIVING ON THE EARNINGS OF PROSTITUTION.
CLAUSE 7 EXTENDS THE OFFENCE OF INDECENT ASSAULT IN SECTION 122 OF THE CRIMES ORDINANCE TO PROTECT MALES AS WELL AS FEMALES.
"IT ALSO INCREASES THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR SUCH AN OFFENCE FROM FIVE TO 10 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT, HE SAID.
MR ASPREY NOTED THAT THIS WAS IN LINE WITH THE PENALTY FOR INDECENT ASSAULT ON A MAN UNDER SECTION 50(B) OF THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ORDINANCE, A SECTION WHICH WAS REPEALED BY THE BILL.
"THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA INFLICTED BY THE WORST CASE OF INDECENT ASSAULT CAN BE LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THAT INFLICTED BY RAPE, AND IT IS CONSIDERED MORE APPROPRIATE ΤΟ INCREASE THE PROTECTION GIVEN TO WOMEN THAN TO DECREASE THE PROTECTION GIVEN TO MEN."
/CLAUSE 20