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| Region | Portugal |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | Unequal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | May 9, 2005 |
| Description | Before 2005's constitutional tribunal ruling, Portugal's penal code enforced unequal ages of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex. |
| Sources | https://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/en/acordaos/20050247s.html https://www.portugalresident.com/law-to-punish-sex-before-18/ (mentioned at the very bottom) https://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/content/files/relatorios/relatorio_004_confwashington.pdf - top of page 8 (source goes through the legal effects of a ruling of this kind by the CT) |
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| Status | Unequal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | May 9, 2005 |
| Description | Before 2005's constitutional tribunal ruling, Portugal's penal code enforced unequal ages of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex. |
| Sources | https://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/en/acordaos/20050247s.html https://www.portugalresident.com/law-to-punish-sex-before-18/ (mentioned at the very bottom) https://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/content/files/relatorios/relatorio_004_confwashington.pdf - top of page 8 (source goes through the legal effects of a ruling of this kind by the CT) |