ctnguy
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ctnguy edited an entry in South Africa.
"explain 2020 amendment that removed the conscience exemption for marriage officers"
Same-sex marriage: Legal from Nov 30, 2006 to (none).
The Civil Union Act, 2006, (Act No. 17 of 2006) legalised same-sex marriage. It allows two people, regardless of gender, to form either a marriage or a civil partnership. Section 6 of the law…
ctnguy created an entry in South Africa.
Homosexual activity: Ambiguous from Apr 27, 1994 to Oct 9, 1998.
In the case of "National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others", [1998] ZACC 15, the Constitutional Court struck down the offences of…
ctnguy edited an entry in South Africa.
"Changing end date to the date the Interim Constitution came into force as the later ConCourt judgment was retroactive to that date."
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Apr 12, 1957 to Apr 27, 1994.
The prescribed penalty was a fine of up to R4000 or imprisonment for up to two years, or both.
ctnguy edited an entry in South Africa.
"This was incorrect - so-called "sodomy" was always a common-law crime in the colonial and Union eras"
Homosexual activity: Male illegal, female uncertain from (unknown) to Apr 12, 1957.
The Roman-Dutch common law, introduced to South Africa by Dutch settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries, prohibited homosexual acts between men as "sodomy" or "unnatural sexual…
Sources: lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/… - pages 678 to 680 in particular www.nationalarchives.gov.za…
ctnguy created an entry in South Africa.
Equal age of consent: Ambiguous from Apr 27, 1994 to Dec 16, 2007.
Section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 23 of 1957, as inserted by the Immorality Amendment Act 2 of 1988, set the age of consent for gay and lesbian sex at 19, as opposed to 16 for straight sex.…
ctnguy created an entry in South Africa.
Equal age of consent: Unequal from Mar 4, 1988 to Apr 27, 1994.
Section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 23 of 1957, as inserted by the Immorality Amendment Act 2 of 1988, set the age of consent for gay and lesbian sex at 19, as opposed to 16 for straight sex. Gay…
ctnguy created an entry in South Africa.
Equal age of consent: Unequal from May 21, 1969 to Mar 4, 1988.
Even though gay male sex was illegal for all ages, section 14 of the Immorality Act 23 of 1957, as inserted by the Immorality Amendment Act 57 of 1969, set the age of consent for gay male sex at 19…
ctnguy created an entry in South Africa.
LGBT housing discrimination: Sexual orientation and gender identity from 1996 to (none).
Section 9(3) of the South African Constitution prohibits unfair discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender and sexual orientation. In addition, the Constitutional Court has stated that the section…

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