英文互译镜像站

Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018

Last updated

Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018
Act of the Scottish Parliament
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom in Scotland (Variant 1).svg
Scottish Parliament
Long title An Act of the Scottish Parliament to pardon persons convicted of certain historical sexual offences and to provide a process for convictions for those offences to be disregarded.
Citation 2018 asp 14
Introduced byMichael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Justice
Dates
Royal assent 11 July 2018
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through the Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 14) is an act of the Scottish Parliament.

Contents

Provisions

It retroactively pardons men convicted of sexual offences under obsolete sodomy laws now repealed in Scotland. It came into effect in 2019. [1] Men convicted of these historical offences will now receive an automatic formal pardon on application. [2]

Receptions

The legislation was supported by the Labour Party, whose spokesperson, Daniel Johnson, described it as "an important step on the road to undoing the wrongs of history and building a more equal society". [3] The Liberal Democrat spokesperson described it as striking down "one of the last remnants of a more prejudiced era". [3]

References

  1. ↑ Alderson, Reevel (15 October 2019). "Pardon for gay men convicted under abolished laws" . Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Powys Maurice, Emma (15 October 2019). "Gay and bi men convicted under abolished homophobic laws to be pardoned in Scotland". PinkNews. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Thousands of gay Scots to be pardoned". BBC News. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2026.

See also


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
站群克隆软件 镜像程序 301镜像站群 蚂蚁镜像站群 伪原创镜像站