The 2015 Sexual Offences Amendment Act: Laudable amendments in line with the Teddy Bear clinic case
Two years ago the Constitutional Court invalidated provisions in the Sexual Offences Act which outlawed sexual conduct between adolescents. Parliament was ordered to fix the relevant provisions and to decriminalise consensual sexual activity between adolescents. In July 2015 the Amendment Act came i...
Main Author: | Prinslean Mahery |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
2015-11-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Bioethics and Law |
Online Access: | http://www.sajbl.org.za/index.php/sajbl/article/download/375/434 |
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