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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1980 - SECT 9



9.(1) It is an offence for a man to incite to have sexual intercourse with him
a girl under the age of sixteen whom he knows to be his grand-daughter,
daughter or sister.

(2) In paragraph (1) "man" includes boy, "sister" includes half-sister, and
for the purposes of that paragraph any expression importing a relationship
betweeen two people shall be taken to apply notwithstanding that the
relationship is not traced through lawful wedlock.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable

(a)on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months
or to a fine not exceeding #1,000 or to both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years.



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