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[1] [12] From 1836 to 1838, the Bolivian Penal Code, which was imposed by General Andrés de Santa Cruz when the Peru–Bolivian Confederation was established, did not expressly prohibit homosexuality. [13] The first Criminal Code of Peru, approved in 1863, included sodomy as a criminal act. According to article 272, someone committing sodomy ...
Peru: The Peruvian Penal Code (29 June 2022 revision) is mostly coercion-based, not recognising a lack of freely given consent as a constituent element its articles 170–175 on rape and sexual assault. In Article 176 and 176B on the lesser crimes of sexual fondling and harassment, a lack of freely given consent does play a central role.
Penalty: Between 3 months and 2 years in prison, with fines of 50,000 to 500,000 FCFA. (Penal Code, Chapter 2, Article 354) [118] [108] Democratic Republic of the Congo: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [68] Constitutional ban since 2006 Only cyber protection present. Republic of the Congo
The current Penal Code of Macau (Portuguese: Código Penal de Macau) was promulgated in 1995, by Decree-Law no. 58/95/M, after the creation of the High Court of Justice in 1993. [3] Prior to 1995, the 1886 Penal Code of Portugal applied to Macau. Like Hong Kong, criminal law in Macau is different from what is applied in China.
Michael Lohan, father to Lindsay Lohan, was arrested in Texas after allegedly getting physical with his estranged wife, Kate Major Lohan.
The Political Constitution of Peru (Spanish: Constitución Política del Perú) was approved by the Constituent Assembly on August 29, 1867, and promulgated on the same day by provisional president Mariano Ignacio Prado. Its extremely liberal nature led to a civil war which ended Prado's presidency and re-established the 1860 constitution.
The Supreme Courts of Honduras, [2] Panama, [3] Peru [4] and Suriname [5] have rejected the IACHR advisory opinion, while the Supreme Courts of Costa Rica and Ecuador adhered to it. Argentina , Brazil , Colombia , and Uruguay are also under the court's jurisdiction, but already had same-sex marriage before the ruling was handed down.
The Criminal Code Act 2023, also known as the 2023 Indonesian Criminal Code, is the new criminal code in Indonesia, replacing the Dutch-era code. This law is the most comprehensive and time-consuming legislation ever crafted in Indonesia, having taken over 50 years to develop since its initial formulation. [1]