The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 8) is an Act

Act of Parliament

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 of the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...

. It extended previous legislation by also making it illegal for UK nationals to perform female genital mutilation outside the borders of the UK. There have been no known cases of girls from Scotland being sent abroad for the procedure. The Act also increased the maximum penalty from five to 14 years.

It replaced the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985

Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985

The Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made female genital mutilation a crime throughout the UK....

. The corresponding legislation for the rest of the United Kingdom is the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003

Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003

The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It extended previous legislation by also making it illegal for UK nationals to perform female genital mutilation outside the borders of the UK, and increased the maximum penalty from five to 14 years.The Act...

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