Current Version
| Region | Chile |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | Unequal |
| Start Date | Sep 8, 2014 |
| End Date | Aug 25, 2022 |
| Description | Article 365 of the Penal Code establishes 18 as age if consent for gay couples, whereas 14 is the standard age if consent for straight couples. |
| Sources | http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1984 http://web.derecho.uchile.cl/cej/rej14/ABR%20VVAA%20_4_x.pdf |
Revision History (3)
Revision by Notdog1996. Adding source and description from the duplicate
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| End Date | Aug 26, 2022 | Aug 25, 2022 |
| Description | Age of consent for same sex is 18, for different sex is 14. | Article 365 of the Penal Code establishes 18 as age if consent for gay couples, whereas 14 is the standard age if consent for straight couples. |
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| Sources | http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1984 | http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1984 http://web.derecho.uchile.cl/cej/rej14/ABR%20VVAA%20_4_x.pdf |
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Revision by JordanB3047
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| End Date | (NONE) | Aug 26, 2022 |
Revision by vviet93
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Equal | Unequal |
| Start Date | (NONE) | Sep 8, 2014 |
| Description | Age of consent equal at 18 years of age. | Age of consent for same sex is 18, for different sex is 14. |
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| Sources | http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CJ7IoaFLCE0J:www.bcn.cl/publicadores/pub_leyes_mas_soli/admin/ver_archivo_codigos.php%3Fid_codigo%3D4%26file%3D1+código+penal&hl=es&gl=cl&ct=clnk&cd=3 | http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1984 |
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Reports (8)
- Status is not correct "Article 365 was abolished by Law 21,483 on August, 24, 2022.
https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2022/08/24/43335/01/2175738.pdf"
- Newer law has been passed "Law N° 21.483 repeals articule 365. (August 24 of 2022)."
- Newer law has been passed "since a newer law has been passed on august 17th, the age of consent in chile is the same for both homosexual and heterosexual relationships"
- Other "Source in Spanish http://www.movilh.cl/tribunal-constitucional-relaciones-lesbicas-son-legales-desde-los-14-anos-y-las-gays-desde-los-18/"
- Other "In 1999, the age of consent was set at 14 for heterosexual sex. Homosexual acts were decriminalized in 1999, with an age of consent of 18.
In 2011, the Tribunal Constitucional de Chile confirmed that the age of consent is 14 for heterosexual relations, as well as for lesbian relations, but it is 18 for male homosexual relations."
- Status is not correct "Article 365 of the Penal Code establishes 18 as age if consent for gay couples, whereas 14 is the standard age if consent for straight and lesbian couples. "
- Status is not correct "Article 365 of the Penal Code establishes 18 as age if consent for gay couples, whereas 14 is the standard age if consent for straight and lesbian couples. "
- Status is not correct "Article 365 of the Penal Code establishes 18 as age of consent for gay couples, whereas it is 14 for straight couples.
http://web.derecho.uchile.cl/cej/rej14/ABR%20VVAA%20_4_x.pdf"