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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007, Paragraph 15.
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15(1)This Schedule does not affect any other protection or assistance available to a person who—N.I.
(a)is being, or may be, forced into a marriage or subjected to an attempt to be forced into a marriage; or
(b)has been forced into a marriage.
(2)In particular, it does not affect—
(a)the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court;
(b)any criminal liability;
(c)any right to an occupation order or a non-molestation order under the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1071 (N.I.6));
(d)any civil remedies under the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1180 (N.I.9));
(e)any protection or assistance under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I.2));
(f)any claim in tort; or
(g)the law of marriage.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 15 in force at 25.11.2008 by S.R. 2008/446, art. 2(a)
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