Sexual Offences Act, 1957

Sexual Offences Act, 1957
Parliament of South Africa
Long title Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to brothels and unlawful carnal intercourse and other acts in relation thereto.
Citation	Act No. 23 of 1957
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Royal assent	3 April 1957
Commenced	12 April 1957
Repeals
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007
Amended by
Immorality Amendment Act, 1967 Immorality Amendment Act, 1969 Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985 Immorality Amendment Act, 1988 Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007
Status: Amended

The Sexual Offences Act, 1957 (Act No. 23 of 1957, originally the Immorality Act, 1957) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa which, in its current form, prohibits prostitution, brothel-keeping and procuring, and other activities related to prostitution. Before the law relating to sex offences was consolidated and revised by the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007, it also prohibited various other sex offences, including sex with children under the age of consent and sex with the mentally incompetent. As the Immorality Act it was infamous for prohibiting sex between a white person and a person of another race, until that prohibition was removed by a 1985 amendment.