Section 20A
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section-20a-245-9734906
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Section 20A
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Section 20A of the Immorality Act, 1957, commonly known as the "men at a party" clause, was a South African law that criminalised all sexual acts between men that occurred in the presence of a third person. The section was enacted by the Immorality Amendment Act, 1969 and remained in force until it was found to be unconstitutional in 1998 by the Constitutional Court in the case of National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice. The text of the clause was the following: The
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South African law criminalising some acts of sex between men
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2024-02-09T23:42:53Z
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