Offences Against The Person Act 1861
This act updated and streamlined the criminal law of Great Britain and Ireland. It outlawed many forms of practices including 'buggery' or male-to-male penetrative sex. The punishment was life imprisonment or a jail sentence of not less than 10 years for male-to-male penetrative sex. It abolished the death penalty for such acts, which has been law up to this point.
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