Sexual Offences Act 2006
{{Short description|Act of Parliament in Kenya}}
{{Infobox legislation
|short_title = Sexual Offences Act 2006
|legislature = Kenyan Parliament
|enacted_by = 9th Parliament of Kenya
|date_enacted = 21 July 2006
|date_passed = 14 July 2006
|status = Current
}}
The Sexual Offences Act, Act No. 3 of 2006, is an Act of the Parliament of Kenya that creates a range of sexual offences.{{cite web|url=https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/uploads/res/document/ken/1998/sexual-offences-act_html/Sexual_Offences_Act_3_of_2006.pdf|access-date=2024-08-27|title=SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT CHAPTER 62A|date=2012|website=sherloc.unodc.org}}{{cite web|url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Kenya_Sexual-Offences-Act_2006-Simplified-Version.pdf|title=A popular version of the Sexual Offences Act 2006|website=law.berkeley.edu}} The law was moved by then member of Parliament Njoki Susanna Ndung'u.{{Cite web |title=Hon. Justice Njoki Susanna Ndungu – The Judiciary |url=https://judiciary.go.ke/hon-commissioner-justice-dr-wanjala-2/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |language=en-US}}
Provisions
The law itemises a number of sexual crimes, including rape, including gang rape, incest, sexual assault, defilement of a child and other [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Kenya_Sexual-Offences-Act_2006-Simplified-Version.pdf sexual offences against children]. It also prohibits pimping, the abuse of positions of trust for sexual purposes, sexual exploitation of the mentally vulnerable, the intentional transmission of life-threatening sexually transmitted diseases and the administration of intoxicants, and requires the creation of a register of sex offenders.
The Act has been amended by a number of other Acts, including Act No. 3 of 2006, Act No. 7 of 2007, Act No. 6 of 2009, Act No. 8 of 2010, and Act No. 12 of 2012.
Section 13 of the Act, which dealt with child trafficking was repealed by the [https://www.socialprotection.go.ke/sites/default/files/Downloads/Counter-Trafficking-in-Persons-Act8-2010.pdf Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act], No. 8 of 2010, s. 5, which replaced it with its own provisions. Section 38 was deleted by Act No. 12 of 2012.