CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 33B
CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 33B
33B—Removal of child from State for genital mutilation
(1) A person must not
take a child from the State, or arrange for a child to be taken from the
State, with the intention of having the child subjected to female genital
mutilation.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) In proceedings for
an offence against subsection (1), if it is proved that—
(a) the
defendant took a child, or arranged for a child to be taken from the State;
and
(b) the
child was subjected, while outside the State, to female genital mutilation,
it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the
defendant took the child, or arranged for the child to be taken, from the
State (as the case may be) with the intention of having the child subjected to
female genital mutilation.