Law Regarding Same-sex Sexual Activity
Male same-sex sexual activity is illegal under Section 61 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, and imprisonment for life is possible. Female same sex sexual activity is legal.
Sodomy and bestiality: Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery, committed either with mankind or with any animal, shall be liable..... to be kept in penal servitude for life.
This law was inherited from the United Kingdom and is "seldom (if ever) enforced".
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