Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003

4Extension of sections 1 to 3 to extra-territorial acts

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(1)Sections 1 to 3 extend to any act done outside the United Kingdom by a United Kingdom national or permanent United Kingdom resident.

(2)If an offence under this Act is committed outside the United Kingdom—

(a)proceedings may be taken, and

(b)the offence may for incidental purposes be treated as having been committed,

in any place in England and Wales or Northern Ireland.