Attempted Rape Act 1948

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1948 c. 19
Year1948


Attempted Rape Act, 1948

(11 & 12 Geo. 6.) CHAPTER 19.

An Act to authorise the passing of sentences of penal servitude for attempts to commit rape.

[24th March 1948]

Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

S-1 Punishment for attempted rape.

1 Punishment for attempted rape.

1. Where a person is convicted in England or Wales of an attempt to commit rape, the court shall have power to pass a sentence of penal servitude for a term of not more than seven years, in lieu of dealing with him in any other manner in which the court has power to deal with him.

S-2 Short title.

2 Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as theAttempted Rape Act, 1948.

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