LGBT Rights in Seychelles - Same-sex Sexual Acts

Same-sex Sexual Acts

Section 151 of The Penal Code says,

Any person who -

(a) has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature; or

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(c) permits a male person to have carnal knowledge of him ... against the order of nature,

is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.

Female same-sex sexual acts are not covered by Section 151 or any other criminal law of the Seychelles.

In October 2011, the government agreed to decriminalize same-sex sexual acts "pretty soon, as the government and civil society want so."

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