Section 2
Application
of Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017
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Section 2
(1)
This Act shall apply to a child who is under the age of eighteen years and where this Act relates to any other written law, to a child of such age as specified in such written law.
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(2)
Any reference to a child in respect of any offence under this Act, or any offence specified in the Schedule where the victim is a child shall include a person whom an accused believes is a person of or under the age as specified in the respective provisions of such offences.
Extra-territorial application