HC Deb 12 April 1994 vol 241 c172

'.—(1) The Sexual Offences Act 1956 is amended as follows—

  1. (a) in section 1(1) (rape), for "rape a woman" there is substituted "commit rape'; and
  2. (b) in section 12 (buggery), after subsection (1) there is inserted—
(1A) This section does not apply where a man has anal intercourse with a woman or with another man who (in either case) at the time of the act does not consent to it.".

(2) Section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 (meaning of "rape" etc.) is amended as follows—

  1. (a) in subsection (1)(a), after "consent to it" there is inserted "or has anal intercourse with a woman or with another man who (in either case) at the time of the act does not consent to it";
  2. (b) in subsection (1)(b), after "she", in both places, there is inserted "or he";
  3. (c) in subsection (2), for "a woman was consenting to sexual intercourse" there is substituted "a woman or a man was consenting to the act in question"; and
  4. (d) after subsection (2) there is inserted—
(2A) In the following provisions of this Act, references to a woman include references to a man.

(3) This section, and the associated repeals in Schedule 11, shall come into force on the date this Act is passed.'.— [Mrs. Roche.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Mrs. Roche

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this we may discuss the following: Amendment (a), before subsection (3), insert '(2A) In subsection (3) of section 2 of the 1976 Act (restrictions on evidence at trials for rape, etc.) after the word "woman" there shall be inserted the words "or a man". (2B) In subsection (1) of section 4 of the 1976 Act (anonymity of complainants in rape etc. cases) after the word "woman" there shall be inserted the words "or a man".'. New clause 78—Marital rape— '.—(1) For section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (Rape) there shall be substituted the following section—

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