Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 432 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012
No. 11 of 2012
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 20 September 2012 | Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 353 of 2012), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 2 offence for the purposes of s. 2 of 24/2012 | Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012), ss. 2, 12(2) & sch. 1 | 1 August 2012 | Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 281 of 2012), art. 2 |
| S. 3 offence for the purposes of s. 2 of 24/2012 | Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012), ss. 2, 12(2) & sch. 1 | 1 August 2012 | Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 281 of 2012), art. 2 |
| S. 4 offence for the purposes of s. 2 of 24/2012 | Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012), ss. 2, 12(2) & sch. 1 | 1 August 2012 | Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 281 of 2012), art. 2 |
| S. 4(1)(a) amended | Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43 of 2014), ss. 1(3), 68, sch. 4 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 8(2) substituted | Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (28/2017), ss. 1(2), 35(a) | 27 November 2017 | Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 530 of 2017), art. 2 |
| S. 8(3) repealed | Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (28/2024), ss. 1(2), 18(2) | 31 August 2024 | Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 391 of 2024), arts. 2 |
| S. 8(4) inserted | Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (28/2017), ss. 1(2), 35(b) | 27 November 2017 | Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 530 of 2017), art. 2 |
| S. 16(2) amended | Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012), ss. 9, 12(2) | 1 August 2012 | Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 281 of 2012), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |