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(1)It is felony for a person to commit buggery with another person [F1otherwise than in the circumstances described in subsection (1A) below] or with an animal.
[F2(1A)The circumstances referred to in subsection (1) are that the act of buggery takes place in private and both parties have attained the age of eighteen.
(1B)An act of buggery by one man with another shall not be treated as taking place in private if it takes place—
(a)when more than two persons take part or are present; or
(b)in a lavatory to which the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise.
(1C)In any proceedings against a person for buggery with another person it shall be for the prosecutor to prove that the act of buggery took place otherwise than in private or that one of the parties to it had not attained the age of eighteen.]
(2)(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 12(1) inserted (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 143(2), 172(4)
F2S. 12(1A)-(1C) inserted (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 143(3), 172(4)
F3Ss. 12(2)(3), 15(4)(5), 16(2)(3), 39, repealed by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), s. 119(2), Sch. 7 Pt. V
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1s. 12 amended by Sexual Offences Act 1967 (c. 60), ss. 1, 2, 7
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