UK Act of Parliament 2003 c. 31 United Kingdom

Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 1 of 4 obligations carry imprisonment (14 years). 1 carries different penalties and 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person2 Director or Officer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 126 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.002 Offence of assisting a girl to mutilate her own genitalia (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Assist a girl to mutilate her own genitaliaAny Person
12 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Offence of female genital mutilation (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Offence of assisting a non-UK person to mutilate overseas a girl’s genitalia (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Offence of failing to protect girl from risk of genital mutilation
s.004 Extension of sections 1 to 3A to extra-territorial acts or omissions (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Anonymity of victims
s.005 Penalties for offences (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Female genital mutilation protection orders
s.005 Duty to notify police of female genital mutilation
s.005 Guidance
s.006 Definitions (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Consequential provision (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Short title, commencement, extent and general saving (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

3 of 40 shown
s.sch001 (1) If anything is included in a publication in contravention... Prosecution
  • Publish prohibited information about FGM proceedingsDirector or Officer

Unlimited fine

s.sch002 (1) An interested party may apply to the relevant judge... Regulated
  • Apply to court for arrest warrant if FGM protection order is breachedAny Person
s.sch002 (1) Any power to remand a person under paragraph 8(1)... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Judge must limit remand for medical examination to 4 weeks (3 if in custody)Tribunal / Court
37 other schedules
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies where an allegation has been made...
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies where a person (“ the defendant...
s.sch001 (1) Paragraph 2 applies to a domestic service provider who,...
s.sch001 (1) Proceedings for an offence under paragraph 2 may not...
s.sch001 (1) A service provider does not commit an offence under...
s.sch001 (1) A service provider does not commit an offence under...
s.sch001 (1) A service provider does not commit an offence under...
s.sch001 (1) In this Schedule— ... “ the E-Commerce Directive ”...
s.sch002 (1) The court in England and Wales may make an...
s.sch002 (1) Where a court has power to remand a person...
s.sch002 (1) Where a person is remanded on bail, the court...
s.sch002 (1) The court may not remand a person for a...
s.sch002 (1) If the court is satisfied that a person who...
s.sch002 (1) This paragraph applies where under paragraph 10(3)(b) the court...
s.sch002 The powers of the court in relation to contempt of...
s.sch002 (1) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule affects any...
s.sch002 (1) In this Part of this Schedule— “the court”, except...
s.sch002 (1) The court in Northern Ireland may make an order...
s.sch002 (1) The court may make an FGM protection order—
s.sch002 (1) The court may make an FGM protection order—
s.sch002 The court before which there are criminal proceedings in Northern...
s.sch002 (1) A person who without reasonable excuse does anything that...
s.sch002 (1) The court may, in any case where it is...
s.sch002 (1) The court may vary or discharge an FGM protection...
s.sch002 (1) For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule,...
s.sch002 (1) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may, after...
s.sch002 The powers of the court in relation to contempt of...
s.sch002 (1) An appeal lies to the High Court against—
s.sch002 (1) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may, after...
s.sch002 (1) An order made under or by virtue of paragraph...
s.sch002 The court before which there are criminal proceedings in England...
s.sch002 (1) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule affects any...
s.sch002 In this Part of this Schedule— “ the court ”...
s.sch002 (1) A person who without reasonable excuse does anything that...
s.sch002 (1) The court may, in any case where it is...
s.sch002 (1) The court may vary or discharge an FGM protection...
s.sch002 (1) The court before which an arrested person is brought...

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