Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Aodhán Ó RíordáinAodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 7, to delete lines 11 to 15 and substitute the following:
“ “(2) If at a trial for a rape offence the jury has to consider whether a man reasonably believed that a woman was consenting to sexual intercourse, the jury shall, in its consideration, have regard to—
(a) the steps (if any) taken by the man to ascertain whether the woman was consenting to the intercourse, and

(b) any physical, mental or intellectual disability of the man, any mental illness of his and his age and maturity.”.”.

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