247. Assisting in the mutilation or self-mutilation of female genitalia.

247. Assisting in the mutilation or self-mutilation of female genitalia.

Criminal Law (Volume 25 (2020), paras 1–552; Volume 26 (2020), paras 553–1014) | Commentary

A person is guilty of an offence if he aids, abets, counsels or procures:

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    (1)     a girl or woman1 to excise, infibulate or otherwise mutilate the whole or any part of her own labia