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- Card, Richard. Card, Cross and Jones: Criminal Law. 12th ed. Butterworths. 1992. Paras 12.2 and 12.9.
- Barnett, Hilaire. Constitutional and Administrative Law. Second Edition. Cavendish. 1998. Page 829.
- ↑ The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/874)
- ↑ R v Gaston 73 Cr App R 164, CA
- ↑ R v R'Rue (1838) 8 C & P 641; R v Allen (1839) 9 C & P 31
- ↑ Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, 1999, paragraph 20-24
- ↑ R v Chapman [1959] 1 QB 100, [1958] 3 WLR 401,[1958] All ER 142, 42 Cr App R 257, CCA
- ↑ Bromley and Lowe. Bromley's Family Law. 8th ed. Butterworths. 1992 . pp 109, 111 - 113, 877.
- ↑ X v United Kingdom Appl 6564/74 (1975); D and R2 (1975)