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“Under the former Criminal Code the age of consent for heterosexuals and lesbians was 16 and for gay men 18 years of age (see Euroletter No. 57)[[1]]. Article 161 of the new Criminal Law "Sexual acts with a person who has not reached the age of 16" provides for imprisonment of up to 4 years for "sexual acts with a person who has not reached the age of 16, where the latter is in material or other dependence on the person comitting [sic] the sexual act, or where such act is committed by a person who has reached the age of 18." Thus the new [1998] Criminal Law does not distinguish between heterosexual and homosexual acts and defines 16 as the minimum age for all sexual acts” (Lavrikovs, 1998a; cf. 1999, 2001)[2].
Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. Volume I. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology Last revised: Dec 2004 |
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[1]Lavrikovs, J. L.(1998b) Age of Consent
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[2]Lavrikovs, J. L.(1998a) Two Pieces of Good News from