Sexual Offences Act 1967

1967 CHAPTER 60

An Act to amend the law of England and Wales relating to homosexual acts.

[27th July 1967]

case ^F11 Amendment of law relating to homosexual acts in private.

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^F22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F44 Procuring others to commit homosexual acts.

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^F55 Living on earnings of male prostitution.

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6 Premises resorted to for homosexual practices.

Premises shall be treated for purposes of sections 33 to 35 of the Act of 1956 as a brothel if people resort to it for the purpose of lewd homosexual practices in circumstances in which resort thereto for lewd heterosexual practices would have led to its being treated as a brothel for the purposes of those sections.

^F67 Time limit on prosecutions.

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8 Restrictions on prosecutions.

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^F8^,^F910 Past offences.

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11 Short title, citation, interpretation, saving and extent.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences Act 1967 and the Act of 1956 and this Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences Acts 1956 and 1967.

(2) ^M1^,^M2 In this Act “ the Act of 1952 ” means the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 and “ the Act of 1956 ” means the Sexual Offences Act 1956 .

(3) Section 46 of the Act of 1956 (interpretation of “man”, “boy” and other expressions) shall apply for the purposes of the provisions of this Act as it applied for the purposes of the provisions of that Act.

(4)References in this Act to any enactment shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended or applied by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.

(5)This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

in force	Provision is in force
in force*	In force only for specified purposes (for detail about the purposes see/hover footnote)
not in force	Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)
italics	Defined term
_dfn	Defined term (alternative style)
gry bckgrd	the in-force status of the provision is complex, check the footnotes

in force

Provision is in force

in force*

In force only for specified purposes (for detail about the purposes see/hover footnote)

not in force

Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)

italics

Defined term

_dfn

Defined term (alternative style)

gry bckgrd

the in-force status of the provision is complex, check the footnotes

footnote	commentary	insert/omit
F1	S. 1 repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2	repealed
F2	S. 2 repealed (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 146(3)(4), 168(3), Sch.11.	repealed
F3	S. 3 repealed (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(3),Sch. 11.	repealed
F4	S. 4 repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2	repealed
F5	S. 5 repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2	repealed
F6	S. 7 repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2	repealed
F7	S. 8 repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2	repealed
F8	S. 9 repealed by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(7), Sch. 13	repealed
F9	S. 10 repealed (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2	repealed
M1	1952 c. 55.
M2	1956 c. 69.

Defined Term	Section/Article	ID
boy	s. 11	def_e6d768bceb
man	s. 11	def_3bf131fb5d
the Act of 1952	s. 11	def_6d3d743262
the Act of 1956	s. 11	def_ef9d095100

Sexual Offences Act 1967

1967 CHAPTER 60

case F11 Amendment of law relating to homosexual acts in private.

F22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F44 Procuring others to commit homosexual acts.

F55 Living on earnings of male prostitution.

6 Premises resorted to for homosexual practices.

F67 Time limit on prosecutions.

8 Restrictions on prosecutions.

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8,F910 Past offences.

11 Short title, citation, interpretation, saving and extent.

Status of changes to instrument text

case ^F11 Amendment of law relating to homosexual acts in private.

^F22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F44 Procuring others to commit homosexual acts.

^F55 Living on earnings of male prostitution.

^F67 Time limit on prosecutions.

^F8^,^F910 Past offences.