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| Region | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Dec 1, 1918 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 1930 |
| Description | In the first post-medieval Criminal Code of the Principality of Serbia, named "Kaznitelni zakon" (Law of Penalties), adopted in 1860, sexual intercourse "against the order of nature" between males became punishable by from 6 months' to 4 years' imprisonment. As typical for the time, homosexual relations between women were excluded. Serbian law was continued in Yugoslavia |
| Sources | https://www.uzzpro.gov.rs/doc/biblioteka/digitalna-biblioteka/1880-%20Kazneni-zakonik-i-kazneni-postupak-sudski-za-%20nezevinu-Srbiju.pdf |
| Federal Law | Yes |
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| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Federal Law | Yes |
| Start Date | Dec 1, 1918 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 1930 |
| Description | In the first post-medieval Criminal Code of the Principality of Serbia, named "Kaznitelni zakon" (Law of Penalties), adopted in 1860, sexual intercourse "against the order of nature" between males became punishable by from 6 months' to 4 years' imprisonment. As typical for the time, homosexual relations between women were excluded. Serbian law was continued in Yugoslavia |
| Sources | https://www.uzzpro.gov.rs/doc/biblioteka/digitalna-biblioteka/1880-%20Kazneni-zakonik-i-kazneni-postupak-sudski-za-%20nezevinu-Srbiju.pdf |