These sections of the Hong Kong Crimes Ordinance date from 1991, and were
overturned in August 2005 as they were ruled unconstitutional under the
Basic Law.
Crimes ordinance:
118C: Homosexual Buggery with or by man under 21
A man who-
(a) commits buggery with a man under the age of 21; or
(b) being under the age of 21 commits buggery with another man,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction
on indictment to imprisonment for life.
118F: Homosexual buggery committed otherwise than in private
(1) A man who commits buggery with another man otherwise than in private shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on
indictment to imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) An act which would otherwise be treated for the purposes of this section as being done in private shall not be so treated if done-
(a) when more than 2 persons take part or are present; or
(b) in a lavatory or bathhouse to which the public have or are
permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise.
(3) In this section, "bathhouse" means any premises or part of
any premises maintained for the use of persons requiring a sauna,
shower-bath, Turkish bath or other type of bath.
118H: Gross indecency with or by man under 21
A man who-
(a) commits an act of gross indecency with a man under the age
of 21; or
(b) being under the age of 21 commits an act of gross indecency
with another man, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.
118J: Gross indecency by man with man otherwise than in private
(1) A man who commits an act of gross indecency with another man
otherwise than in private shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) An act which would otherwise be treated for the purposes of
this section as being done in private shall not be so treated if done-
(a) when more than 2 persons take part or are present; or
(b) in a lavatory or bathhouse to which the public have or are
permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise.
(3) In this section, "bathhouse" means any premises or part of
any premises maintained for the use of persons requiring a sauna,
shower-bath, Turkish bath or other type of bath.
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