Current Version
| Region | Cyprus |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1929 |
| End Date | May 21, 1998 |
| Description | with the incorporation of the British Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 into Cyprus law. For the first time since 1858, this made male homosexuality a criminal act in Cyprus. Female homosexuality was not recognised or mentioned in the law. With independence from Britain in 1960, Cyprus retained British colonial law on the island almost in its entirety, with the relevant parts of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 becoming articles 171 to 174 of Chapter 154 of the Cypriot Criminal Code |
| Sources | https://books.google.com.cy/books?id=dciuj1-F3fYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1929 |
| End Date | May 21, 1998 |
| Description | with the incorporation of the British Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 into Cyprus law. For the first time since 1858, this made male homosexuality a criminal act in Cyprus. Female homosexuality was not recognised or mentioned in the law. With independence from Britain in 1960, Cyprus retained British colonial law on the island almost in its entirety, with the relevant parts of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 becoming articles 171 to 174 of Chapter 154 of the Cypriot Criminal Code |
| Sources | https://books.google.com.cy/books?id=dciuj1-F3fYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false |