Last edited: April 24, 2007


Uganda

  • Statute: Section 140: Carnal knowledge against the order of nature
  • Penalty: Life
  • Restrictions: 

Statute

Section 140 Penal Code criminalizes "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. 

Section 141 prohibits "attempts at carnal knowledge" with a maximum penalty of 7 years' imprisonment. 

Section 143 punishes acts of, procurement of, or attempts to procure acts of "gross indecency" between men in public or private with up to 5 years imprisonment. 

Prosecutions rare. (IOC)

Homosexual acts between women are not mentioned (PB)


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