Sexual Offences Act 2003
2003 CHAPTER 42
Commentary on Sections
Part 1: Sexual Offences
Section 28: Sections 25 and 26: marriage exception
59.This section provides A with a defence to the offences under sections 25 and 26 if he can prove that at the time of the act the child was aged 16 or over and he was lawfully married to the child.
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