Law on the amendment of the Penal Code

(Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention for the Prevention and Control of Violence against Women and Violence in the Home)

We, by God's grace, the Queen of the Danes, do our thing.

The parliament has adopted the following law, and we know that the following law has been approved by Parliament's consent :

§ 1

In the penal code, cf. Law Order no. 1028 of 22. August 2013, as amended by law no. 1620 of 26. December 2013, the following changes are made :

1. I $94, paragraph. FOUR, ONE. pkt., pasted after " cf. § 245 a, ":" § 260, paragraph. TWO, "

2. I $94, paragraph. 4, is inserted after 1. Act. :

' The same shall apply to infringement of section 244, 245 and 246 in the form of contraception, embryonic reduction or sterilisation without consent to a person under the age of 18. ` ;

§ 2

Paragraph 1. The law shall enter into force on 1. June 2014.

Paragraph 2. Paragraph 1 shall also apply to offences committed prior to the entry into force of the law unless the statute of limitations has been entered into force before the entry into force of the law.

§ 3

The law does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.