Explanatory Notes

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

2014 CHAPTER 12

13 March 2014

Commentary on Sections

Part 13: Criminal Justice and Court Fees

Section 177: Marital coercion

516.Section 177 repeals section 47 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (coercion of married woman by husband) to abolish the defence of marital coercion in England and Wales.