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UK introduces law banning sex in public [message #7354]

Fri, 31 January 2003 15:33

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By: H S Rao, PTI
January 30,2003
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London: A couple making love in a private garden which can be seen from the street could face a fine or up to six months in jail, according to new laws introduced in Britain, which seek to ban sex in public places.

But the Sexual Offences Bill published yesterday says it will be safe for couples to leave their curtains wide open when they have sex in the bedroom - even if they know they can be seen from the house opposite.

This apparent confusion in the law stems from the first attempt by civil servants to define how a ban on offensive sexual activity in a public place can apply to some private premises which can be seen from a public place.

The new offence is designed to replace the old crime of gross indecency and the common law offences of outraging public decency and causing a public nuisance, which were mainly used against cottaging and overt gay sex in public.

Civil servants have tried to draft the bill so it does not put at risk every courting couple who choose a secluded spot to go about their business.

"But a couple who make love in a private garden which can be seen from the street can face a fine or up to six months in jail," the explanatory notes say.

Legal experts say that the clause will ensure that two men or two women who kiss, cuddle or hold hands in public will not face prosecution.

Home Office minister Hilary Benn made clear that couples who had sex in public toilets would no longer be prosecuted as long as they could not be seen.

"No one wants to be an unwitting spectator to other people have sex in a public place," he said.

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		UK introduces law banning sex in public By: gil on Fri, 31 January 2003 15:33
		Re: UK introduces law banning sex in public By: ron on Fri, 31 January 2003 19:34
		This really hits a nerve with me..... You have NO idea..... By: marc on Fri, 31 January 2003 19:53
		Re: UK introduces law banning sex in public By: Billy_the_old_goat on Fri, 31 January 2003 20:59
		Some years ago there was a court case By: timmy on Fri, 31 January 2003 22:52
		Re: UK introduces law banning sex in public By: warren c. e. austin on Sat, 01 February 2003 04:43
		Silly me..... But I just don't see the connection....... By: marc on Sat, 01 February 2003 06:25
		Re: Silly me..... But I just don't see the connection....... By: warren c. e. austin on Sat, 01 February 2003 08:45
		I said nothing of the sort....... By: marc on Sat, 01 February 2003 11:45
		Re: Silly me..... But I just don't see the connection....... By: stephen on Sat, 01 February 2003 11:49
		Re: Silly me..... But I just don't see the connection....... By: marc on Sat, 01 February 2003 12:03
		i thought By: timmy on Sat, 01 February 2003 12:25
		The way I read it...... By: marc on Sat, 01 February 2003 22:37
		Re: i thought By: robert bryce on Wed, 12 February 2003 04:19
		Re: UK introduces law banning sex in public By: robert bryce on Wed, 12 February 2003 04:25
		A few weird US laws... By: smith on Sat, 01 February 2003 13:49
		A few weird English laws... By: nick on Sat, 01 February 2003 15:12
		Re: A few weird English laws... By: stephen on Sun, 02 February 2003 12:14

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