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security of the person, which incorporates the right to be free from all forms of violence from either public or private sources, and the rights of children and other vulnerable persons to have their best interests considered to be of paramount importance,

Be it therefore enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—

Index

Chapter 1

Definitions and objects

1.	Definitions and interpretation of Act
2.	Objects

Chapter 2

Sexual offences

Part 1: Rape and compelled rape

3.	Rape
4.	Compelled rape

Part 2: Sexual assault, compelled sexual assault and compelled self-sexual assault

5.	Sexual assault
6.	Compelled sexual assault
7.	Compelled self-sexual assault

Part 3: Persons 18 years or older: Compelling or causing persons 18 years or older to witness sexual offences, sexual acts or self-masturbation, exposure or display of or causing exposure or display of genital organs, anus or female breasts (“flashing”), child pornography to persons 18 years or older or engaging sexual services of persons 18 years or older

8.	Compelling or causing persons 18 years or older to witness sexual offences, sexual acts or self-masturbation
9.	Exposure or display of or causing exposure or display of genital organs, anus or female breasts to persons 18 years or older (“flashing”)
10.	Exposure or display of or causing exposure or display of child pornography to persons 18 years or older
11.	Engaging sexual services of persons 18 years or older

Part 4: Incest, bestiality and sexual acts with corpse

12.	Incest
13.	Bestiality
14.	Sexual acts with corpse

Chapter 3

Sexual offences against children

Part 1: Consensual sexual acts with certain children

15.	Acts of consensual sexual penetration with certain children (statutory rape)