The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 20) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that 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.
Provisions The act introduced a number of new amendments including:
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'. Arresting any man who would aid or abet a prostitute.
Application The act would not apply to criminal proceedings triggered before the act came into effect.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.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 51 of, and the fourth schedule to, the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 69), which came into force on 1 January 1957.
The whole act was repealed for Scotland by section 21(2) of, and schedule 2 to, the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976, which came into force on 15 December 1976.
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