(2) It is not a defence that the other person, or, if the other person is a
child, a parent or guardian of the other person, consented to the mutilation.
(3) In this section—
"female genital mutilation" means—
(a) clitoridectomy; or
(b) excision of
any other part of the female genitalia; or
(c) a procedure to narrow or close
the vaginal opening; or
"medical procedure for a genuine therapeutic purpose" means a medical
procedure that is—
(a) directed only at curing or alleviating a
physiological disability, physical abnormality, psychological disorder or
pathological condition; or
(b) performed on a person in labour or who has
just given birth and directed only at alleviating physical symptoms in
relation to the labour or birth or for other medical purposes; or
(c)
performed on a person who has been subjected to female genital mutilation and
directed only at treating the effects, or to reversing the effects, of the
previous mutilation.
"sexual reassignment procedure" means a surgical procedure to give a person
the genital appearance of a particular sex, whether male or female.