The 1945 Police Act, section 35c, criminalizes wearing a disguise or a covered face between sunset and sunrise and has been used in arrests to target transgendered people. ![]() ![]() These include: negligently spreading sexual disease (Penal Code sections 269 and 270), committing a public nuisance (Penal Code section 290), and the Emergency Provisions Act (section 5j), which bans any activity that may affect the morality of an individual or society in a negative way. For information about how Article 377 affects LGBTI people in Myanmar, please see this video.Īdditional provisions, while not explicitly criminalizing homosexuality, are used to target LGBTI people. ![]() (See Below for Case Law, Evidence of Public Attitudes, NGOs that Assist or Advocate on LGBTI issues, and Country of Origin LGBTI Specialists) LEGAL INFORMATIONĪrticle 377 of Myanmar’s Penal Code states that the ‘unnatural offence of carnal intercourse against the order of nature’ is liable to be punished with ‘transportation for life’, or with imprisonment for ten years to life as well as a fine.
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