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	No. 20/1993: CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT, 1993
		(5) In this Act a reference to a subsection is a reference to the subsection of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.
		—A male person who commits or attempts to commit an act of gross indecency with another male person under the age of 17 years shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
		(ii) in the case of an attempt to have sexual intercourse or an attempt to commit an act of buggery, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years in the case of a first conviction, and in the case of a second or any subsequent conviction imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
	acts.oireachtas.ie /zza20y1993.1.html (1379 words)

	Buggery Act 1533 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Buggery Act was adopted in England in 1533 during the reign of Henry VIII, and was the first legislation against homosexuals in the country.
		It is sometimes suggested that the Act was introduced as a measure against the clergy, since the Act was introduced following the separation of the Church of England from Rome, though there seems to be no firm evidence for this.
		Contravention of the Act, along with treason, led Lord Hungerford of Heyetsbury, to become the first person executed under the statute in July 1540, though it was probably the treason that cost him his life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buggery_Act_1533 (283 words)

	Buggery Act 1533 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Act made (Anal intercourse committed by a man with a man or woman) buggery with man or beast punishable by (Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window) hanging, a penalty not finally lifted until 1861.
		Contravention of the Act, along with (Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior) treason, led (additional info and facts about Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford) Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, to become the first person executed under the statute in July 1540, though it was probably the treason that cost him his life.
		In his case the sentence was commuted to (The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)) imprisonment, and he was released in less than a year.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Bu/Buggery_Act_1533.htm (326 words)

	Encyclopedia: Witchcraft Act 1563 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The first act of Parliament directed specifically against witchcraft was the act De hæretico comburendo, passed at the instigation of Archbishop Thomas Arundel in 1401.
		This act of 1563 provided that anyone who should "use, practice, or exercise any Witchcraft, Enchantment, Charm, or Sorcery, whereby any person shall happen to be killed or destroyed," was guilty of felony without benefit of clergy, and was to be put to death.
		In 1604, the first year of James's reign, the Elizabethan act was broadened to bring the penalty of death without benefit of clergy to any one who invoked evil spirits or communed with familiar spirits.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Witchcraft-Act-1563 (720 words)

	Internet laws and data protection act uk specialist lawyers in London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The act done in a public bar or public library would presumably be done in private if it occurred when all the patrons had gone home, the doors were locked and only the two participants were present.
		Buggery (anal penetration) is a self-explanatory activity (although it should be noted that both the penetrator and the receiving partner are guilty of the offence) but gross indecency is not specifically defined.
		If the acts complained of occurred when the complainant was 16 or 17 (or indeed if there is uncertainty about whether the complainant had achieved such an age) then s.7 may provide a defence or a bar to any proceedings.
	www.hamiltons-solicitors.co.uk /archive-docs/gay%20client%20extract.htm (2626 words)

	Encyclopedia: Acts of Union 1536-1543 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Acts of Union 1536â“1543 were a series of parliamentary measures by which Wales was annexed to England and the norms of English administration introduced in order to create a single state.
		The Acts were not known as the "Acts of Union" until 1801, when historian Owen Edwards assigned them that name - a name which may be misleading, as some historians are increasingly arguing that "absorption" or even "colonization" are more accurate.
		Despite Whiggish historians such as G.R. Elton, who treat the Acts as merely a triumph of Tudor efficiency, modern British and Welsh historians are continuing to unearth evidence of the overall damaging effect of the Acts on Welsh identity, culture, and just as significantly, the poorer Welsh throughout the centuries.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Acts-of-Union-1536_1543 (2592 words)

	Buggery Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Buggery Act was adopted in England in 1533 during the reign of Henry VIII, andwas the first legislation against homosexuals in the country.
		It is sometimes suggested that the Act was introduced as a measure against the clergy, since the Act was introduced followingthe separation of the Church of England from Rome, though thereseems to be no firm evidence for this.
		Contravention of the Act, along with treason, led Lord Walter Hungerford, 1st BaronHungerford of Heytesbury, to become the first person executed under the statute in July 1540, though it was probably the treason that cost him his life.
	www.therfcc.org /buggery-act-93176.html (253 words)

	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
		an act of buggery with a man or an act of gross indecency with a man or being a party to the commission of such acts in private is not an offence provided that both parties have consented and have attained the age of 16 (rather than 18);
		The result is that consensual acts in private of sodomy or gross indecency or shameless indecency by one male person with another will not be an offence provided the parties to the act are aged 16 or over.
		The result is that consensual acts in private of buggery with another man, an act of gross indecency with another man or the act of being a party to the commission by a man of such an act, will not be an offence provided the parties to the act are aged 17 or over.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /ACTS/en2000/2000en44.htm (3505 words)

	Home Office Circular 019 / 2004
		The Sex Offenders Act 1997 included buggery and indecency between men as offences that lead to automatic sex offender registration when the offender is aged 20 or over and the victim under the age of 18 at the time of the offence (Schedule 1).
		Buggery was at section 12 and indecency between men (which is sometimes known as gross indecency) was at section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956.
		The Sexual Offences Act 2003 repeals these offences, and the activity covered by these offences which is to remain illegal (such as sexual activity with a child under 16) is covered by new offences in Part 1 of the 2003 Act.
	www.knowledgenetwork.gov.uk /HO/circular.nsf/79755433dd36a66980256d4f004d1514/b37064469292eaeb80256e5900413864?OpenDocument (2875 words)

	No. 20/1993: CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT, 1993
		(5) In this Act a reference to a subsection is a reference to the subsection of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.
		—A male person who commits or attempts to commit an act of gross indecency with another male person under the age of 17 years shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
		(ii) in the case of an attempt to have sexual intercourse or an attempt to commit an act of buggery, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years in the case of a first conviction, and in the case of a second or any subsequent conviction imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
	www.acts.ie /zza20y1993.1.html (1379 words)

	Henry VIII of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The other major achievement of Henry's reign was the Act of Union of 1536, which effectively brought Wales under English government, with the result that the first Welsh members of parliament were elected in 1542.
		In 1533 Henry introduced the first legislation against homosexuals with the Buggery Act, making buggery punishable by hanging, a penalty not finally lifted until 1861.
		She was forced to send Elizabeth away after Seymour acted improperly toward her, a breach which hurt both women deeply.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/h/he/henry_viii_of_england.html (2118 words)

	King Henry VIII
		His first act was to further defy the wishes of Rome by funding the printing of the scriptures in English… the first legal English Bible… just for spite.
		Following difficulties with Rome over his divorce from Catherine (which was not sanctioned by the Pope, who was under pressure from Catherine's nephew, Charles V at the time), Henry split from the Roman Catholic Church, seized many of the Church's assets, and formed the Church of England.
		The other major achievement of Henry's reign was the Act of Union of 1536, which effectively brought Wales under English government, with the result that the first Welsh members of parliament were elected in 1542.
	www.greatsite.com /timeline-english-bible-history/king-henry.html (799 words)

	Henry VIII of England Article, HenryVIIIEngland Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		They included several Acts which severed theEnglish Church from the Roman Catholic Church, the Act of Union 1536 (which united England and Wales into onenation), the Buggery Act 1533 (the first anti-homosexual enactmentin England), and the Witchcraft Act 1542 (which punished "invoking orconjuring an evil spirit" with death).
		The Act of Supremacy 1534 declared that the King was"the only Supreme Head in Earth of the Church of England"; the Treasons Act 1534 made it hightreason, punishable by death, to refuse to acknowledge the King as such.
		The Act of Succession 1536 declared Henry's children by Queen Jane to be next in the line ofsuccession, and declared both the Lady Mary and the Lady Elizabeth illegitimate, excluding them.
	www.anoca.org /king/catherine/henry_viii_of_england.html (4240 words)

	A History of Homophobia: 5 The Medieval Basis of Modern Law
		The Buggery Act was piloted through Parliament by Thomas Cromwell in an effort to support Henry VIII's plan for reducing the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts, as the first step towards depriving them of the right to try certain offences, which supported his policy of seizing Church property.
		The first recorded instance of any legal action was in 1541 (one of the years in which the Buggery Act was re-enacted), when Nicholas Udall, headmaster of Eton, was convicted of buggery; but strings were pulled in high places, and he was set free within a year.
		The Buggery Act of Henry VIII (as re-enacted by Elizabeth I in 1563) was adopted, often verbatim, by the original thirteen Colonies, and buggery was punished by death.
	www.infopt.demon.co.uk /homopho5.htm (2023 words)

	Sexual Misconduct in Plymouth Colony
		The jury found him guilty "of vile, abominable, and presumtuous attempts to buggery with a mare in the highest nature." Although he was not sentenced to death, his punishment was the most severe case of criminal punishment that I have seen in the records.
		He was "to be seuerly whipt att the post, and to sitt on the galloss with a rope about his necke during the pleasure of the Court, and to be branded in the forehead with a Roman P to signify his abominable pollution, and soe to depart this gouernment" (PCR 6:75).
		The explanation for the "lighter" sentence is that Saddeler was found guilty of "attempts to buggery," not a committed act of buggery.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/deetz/Plymouth/Lauria1.html (6925 words)

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		They included several Acts which severed the English Church from the Roman Catholic Church, the Act of Union 1536 (which united England and Wales into one nation), the Buggery Act 1533 (the first anti-homosexual enactment in England), and the Witchcraft Act 1542 (which punished "invoking or conjuring an evil spirit" with death).
		Treasons Act 1534 made it high treason, punishable by death, to refuse to acknowledge the King as such.
		Act of Union 1536, which formally annexed Wales, uniting England and Wales into one nation.
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Henry_VIII (4283 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 13 Nov 2000 (201113-18)
		(b) an act of gross indecency with another man or commission of an act of gross indecency by any person shall not be an offence if he is under the age of sixteen and the other party has attained that age.".").
		(b) an act of gross indecency or commission of an act of gross indecency by any person shall not be an offence if he is under the age of seventeen and the other party has attained that age.".").
		One of the buggery victims in respect of whom Cooke was convicted in 1987 was 18 years old and not in care at the time of the offence.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo001113/text/01113-18.htm (2188 words)

	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
		The Bill not having been passed by the House of Lords before the end of the session, it was, in accordance with section 2 of the Parliament Act 1911, presented for Royal Assent which was given on 30 November 2000.
		(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
		(b) a homosexual act by any person shall not be an offence if he is under the age of sixteen years and the other party has attained that age.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /ACTS/en2000/00en44-a.htm (740 words)

	Anglican Communion - Church of England - Episcopalian - Anglican
		This act formed the beginning for all Anglican churches of the world.
		In 1533, the Buggery Act was instituted as the first official anti-homosexual law in Britain.
		In 1542, the Witchcraft Act was instituted in England bringing the death penalty to all practitioners.
	www.geocities.com /dexlox/TangledCommunion.html (325 words)

	Buggery Act Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Buggery Act Info - Bored Net - Boredom
		Some have suggested that bestiality was specifically included because of the fear of hybrid births.
		Contravention of the Act, along with treason, led Lord Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury, to become the first person executed under the statute in July 1540, though it was probably the treason that cost him his life.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/b/bu/buggery_act.html (234 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner News - No ease up on buggery restrictions - A-G - Thursday \| January 18, 2007
		It was during consideration of proposals for amending the Offences Against the Person Act, specifically in relation to a number of sexual offences, that the issue was raised.
		Senator Nicholson, seemingly startled by the question, promptly served notice that if there was any provision in the bill which, by inference or otherwise, would give legitimacy to the act of buggery, it would be taken out without hesitation.
		The question of decriminalising buggery became a major talking point during last year's deliberations of the parliamentary committee, which considered recommendations for a new Charter of Rights bill in the Jamaican Constitution.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20070118/lead/lead3.html (389 words)

	The Education (Teachers) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1995
		An offence contrary to section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of thirteen).
		An offence contrary to section 6(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of sixteen).
		An offence contrary to section 4(1) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 (having or attempting to have, sexual intercourse with a girl of or above the age of thirteen and under the age of sixteen).
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1995/Uksi_19952594_en_2.htm (855 words)

	Sexuality and the law
		The English Buggery Act of 1533 penalised acts of sodomy with hanging.
		Re-enacted in 1563 by Queen Elizabeth I, the Act became a charter for the criminalisation of sodomy in the British Commonwealth later.
		The government, in its affidavit, submitted that while the right to respect private and family life is undisputed, interference by public authority in the interest of "public safety and protection of health and morals is equally permissible".
	www.flonnet.com /fl2026/stories/20040102002209500.htm (1127 words)

	JFLAG Jamaica - Parliamentary Submission Summary
		Sexual orientation is clearly neutral, and its inclusion in an anti-discrimination clause would protect all persons from injury to their person, property or interests on the basis of the fact or perception of their sexual orientation.
		Jamaican law, in the form of the "Offences Against the Person Act" (generally interpreted as referring to any kind of physical intimacy between men and in particular the act of "buggery" - anal intercourse), reflects institutionalized prejudism and discrimination by the criminalization of male homosexual intimacy.
		In commenting upon the buggery law, Justice Albie Sachs of the South African Constitutional Court stated, "…it is not the act of sodomy that is denounced… but the so-called sodomite who performs it; not any proven social damage, but the threat that same-sex passion in itself is seen as representing to heterosexual hegemony."
	www.jflag.org /programmes/summary.htm (562 words)

	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
		The Bill not having been passed by the House of Lords before the end of the session, it was, in accordance with section 2 of the Parliament Act 1911, presented for Royal Assent which was given on 30 November 2000.
		(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
		(b) a homosexual act by any person shall not be an offence if he is under the age of sixteen years and the other party has attained that age.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/en2000/00en44-a.htm (740 words)

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