Part 5: Virginity Testing and Hymenoplasty Offences Virginity testing offences: Northern Ireland Section 144: Offence of virginity testing: Northern Ireland
Section 144(1) makes it an offence under the law of Northern Ireland for a person to carry out virginity testing. The section replicates the England and Wales offence in section 136 for Northern Ireland, so the person must either be in Northern Ireland or, if the person is outside the United Kingdom, they must be a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in Northern Ireland.