Part 5: Virginity Testing and Hymenoplasty Offences Hymenoplasty offences: Northern Ireland Section 156: Offence of carrying out hymenoplasty: Northern Ireland
Section 156(1) makes it an offence under the law of Northern Ireland for a person to carry out hymenoplasty. The section replicates the England and Wales offence in section 148 for Northern Ireland, so that 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.