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Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act
Type of Measure
Laws > Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence
Female genital mutilation
Year
2012
Brief Description
Article 3 (1) provides that:
"A person is guilty of an offence if the person removes or attempts to remove a girl or woman from the State where one of the purposes for the removal is to have an act of female genital mutilation done to her."
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