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Region | Campania |
Issue | Homosexual activity |
Status | Legal |
Start Date | Jan 1, 1890 |
End Date | (none) |
Description | The new code, commonly known as the "Zanardelli Code" after the then Minister of Justice, contained no mention of "acts against nature" and consequently decriminalized same-sex relations throughout the country. The situation was not even changed 40 years later by fascism with the promulgation of the Rocco Code, which remains the code in force, on October 19, 1930. |
Sources | https://www.giustizia.it/cmsresources/cms/documents/LavPre_versione2016.pdf |
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Status | Legal |
Start Date | Jan 1, 1890 |
End Date | (none) |
Description | The new code, commonly known as the "Zanardelli Code" after the then Minister of Justice, contained no mention of "acts against nature" and consequently decriminalized same-sex relations throughout the country. The situation was not even changed 40 years later by fascism with the promulgation of the Rocco Code, which remains the code in force, on October 19, 1930. |
Sources | https://www.giustizia.it/cmsresources/cms/documents/LavPre_versione2016.pdf |