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The criminal law in Belize prohibits consensual sex between same-sex couples [R1.1].
The substantive laws of Belize revised edition 2003, Criminal Code [CAP. 101]10, provide -
Aggravated assault Section 45
"Every person who commits an unlawful assault of any of the following kinds, namely-
(a) assault upon a person acting as a judicial officer or as a peace officer; or
(b) assault upon a minister of religion acting in the execution of the duties of his office; or
(c) assault upon a person in any court of justice, or assault upon a person in order to prevent him from doing, or on account of his doing or having done, anything as a party, agent, counsel, or witness, in any judicial proceeding; or
(d) assault with a purpose to commit, or in committing or attempting to commit, any other crime; or
(e) assault with any deadly or dangerous instrument or means; or
(f) indecent assault on any person, whether male or female; or
(g) assault upon any male child or any female of such a nature that it cannot in the opinion of the court be adequately punished under section 44, shall be guilty of an aggravated assault and, on conviction thereof, be liable to imprisonment for two years: Provided that in respect of an indecent assault upon a female or an aggravated assault upon any male child or any female, a person convicted under this section shall be liable to imprisonment for three years instead of two years."
Unnatural Crime Section 53
"Every person who has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any person or animal shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years." [R1.1]. |
