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1976 Ordinance means the Law Reform (Sexual Behaviour)
Ordinance 1976 (repealed).
Note The 1976 Ordinance—
(a) commenced on 8 November 1976 and was repealed on
28 November 1985; and
(b) created burdens of proof for the prosecution of offences under the
1976 repealed provisions, and limited the time in which a person
could be prosecuted for the offences (see the 1976 Ordinance, s 6).
1976 repealed provision means any of the following provisions of
this Act, as in force on the commencement of the 1976 Ordinance:
(a) section 79 (Buggery and bestiality);
(b) section 80 (Attempt, &c., to commit buggery);
(c) section 81 (Indecent assault on male).
repealed sexual offence provision means—
(a) a 1951 repealed provision; or
(b) a 1976 repealed provision.