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<p /> <p>Forced marriage is an appalling practice and should not be tolerated. That's
why the Government has criminalised forced marriage to ensure that victims are protected
by the law. The new offences of forced marriage in section 121 of the Anti-social
Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 came into force on 16 June.</p><p> </p><p>Since
the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 came into force on 25 November 2008
and up to the end of September 2014, 762 applications for a forced marriage protection
order have been made, and 785 forced marriage protection orders have been issued.
The number of orders made generally exceeds the number of applications as forced marriage
protection orders are sometimes made during the course of applications for other family
orders, and there is no differentiation between interim orders and final orders.</p><p>
</p><p>Section 120 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which
also came into force on 16 June 2014, made it a criminal offence to breach a forced
marriage protection order. There were 63 applications for a forced marriage protection
order in the period 1 July to 30 September 2014.</p>
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