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PART 5Virginity testing and hymenoplasty offences

CHAPTER 1Virginity testing offences

Virginity testing offences: England and Wales

136Offence of virginity testing: England and Wales

(1)It is an offence under the law of England and Wales for a person to carry out virginity testing.

(2)“Virginity testing” means the examination of female genitalia, with or without consent, for the purpose (or purported purpose) of determining virginity.

(3)An offence is committed under subsection (1) only if the person—

(a)is in England and Wales, or

(b)is outside the United Kingdom, and is a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in England and Wales.

(4)“United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—

(a)a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

(b)a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, or

(c)a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.

(5)In subsection (2), “female genitalia” means a vagina or vulva.