morality

The Criminal Law (Offenses) Act of 1893 classifies “offenses against morality” to include the sale or distribution of obscene material and acts of “gross indecency” between men. Sections 351 to 354 criminalize male same-sex intimacy, attempted same-sex intimacy, and “buggery.” These provisions continue to impose criminal penalties on consensual same-sex conduct between adults. The Act defines rape as a felony punishable by life imprisonment.