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Section 74 - Crimes Act 1900 - Prohibition of female genital mutilation — Zoe

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74 Prohibition of female genital mutilation (1) A person shall not intentionally perform female genital mutilation on Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 15 years. (2) It is not a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section that the person on whom the female genital mutilation was performed, or a parent or guardian of that person, consented to the mutilation.

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