Part 5: Virginity Testing and Hymenoplasty Offences Virginity testing offences: Scotland Section 140: Offence of virginity testing: Scotland
Section 140(1) makes it an offence under the law of Scotland for a person to carry out virginity testing. The section replicates the England and Wales offence in section 136 for Scotland, so that the person must either be in Scotland or, if the person is outside the United Kingdom, they must be a United Kingdom national or habitually resident in Scotland.