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Last edited: April 09, 2007
 
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  Trinidad and Tobago
  
    - Statute:  Buggery
 
    - Penalty:   10 years
 
    - Restrictions:   
 
   
  Section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 criminalises "buggery"
  (anal intercourse). This Section provides a penalty of up to life
  imprisonment, if committed on a minor; up to 10 years' imprisonment if
  committed on an adult (18 years or older) by another adult; up to 5 years'
  imprisonment if committed by a minor on an adult. Section 16, relating to
  "serious indecency", provides a penalty of up to 20 years'
  imprisonment for homosexual acts between men and between women. (PB) 
   
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