Part 7Miscellaneous and general
Miscellaneous
I152Common law offences
For all purposes not relating to offences committed before the coming into force of this section—
a
the common law offences of—
i
rape,
ii
clandestine injury to women,
iii
lewd, indecent or libidinous practice or behaviour, and
iv
sodomy,
are abolished, and
b
without prejudice to paragraph (a), in so far as the provisions of this Act regulate any conduct they replace any rule of law regulating that conduct.