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Tanzania: Sexual Offences Special Provisions Act, 1998

In Tanzania, FGM is illegal. Apart from international conventions ratified, the government passed the Sexual Offences special Provisions Act, 1998 (SOSPA). The law specifically states under section 21 that FGM is illegal, although women over the age of 18 are excluded from the provision of the law.

Country : Tanzania, United Republic of
Year of Issue : 1998
Language : English

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