Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Bill /
Georghiou, Nicki,author.
Scotland.Parliament.Information Centre.
Scotland.Parliament.Corporate Body,issuing body.
"The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament by the Minister for Justice, Cathy Jamieson MSP, on 29 October 2004. The Equal Opportunities Committee has been designated as lead committee on the Bill. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been unlawful in Scotland since1985 by virtue of the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985. The Bill proposes to re-enact the existing offences in the 1985 Act, and extend protection by giving those offences extra-territorial effect in order to protect those being sent abroad to have FGM carried out. The Bill also proposes an increase in the penalty on conviction from indictment from 5to 14 years imprisonment. Following the passing of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003,equivalent provisions are in force in the rest of the UK, and the intention of the Bill is to ensure that equal legal protection is afforded in Scotland as in the rest of the UK."
"04/83".
"25 November 2004".
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