When speaking about the infamous criminal provision, Article 106 \u201cSodomy,\u201d under which voluntary \u201csexual intercourse between a man and another man\u201d was punishable by imprisonment for up to three years, various sources state that it was repealed in 1995. However, this is not entirely accurate. Within the framework of a broader legislative reform, the article did not disappear but was substantially revised.<\/p>\n
As of June 15, 1995, it received a new title \u2014 \u201cArticle 106. Forced Sodomy.\u201d<\/strong> In its revised version, the article referred to \u201csodomy committed against a minor, or through the use of physical or psychological violence, or by exploiting the victim\u2019s helpless condition,\u201d for which a penalty of two to five years of imprisonment was \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440ed.<\/p>\n Thus, the article was retained, but its meaning was fundamentally changed: from 1995 onward, Moldova effectively ceased criminal prosecution for consensual homosexual relations between adults, even though the term \u201csodomy\u201d formally remained in the criminal legislation.<\/p>\n In this form, the article existed until the adoption of the new edition of the Criminal Code \u2014 No. 985-XV of April 18, 2002. In the updated Criminal Code, Article 106 already concerned \u201cforced confiscation of property,\u201d while sexual offenses were consolidated into six articles of Chapter IV: From that moment on, the concept of \u201csodomy\u201d completely disappeared from the legislation of the Republic of Moldova \u2014 and, in essence, from public life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When speaking about the infamous criminal provision, Article 106 \u201cSodomy,\u201d under which voluntary \u201csexual intercourse between a man and another man\u201d was punishable by imprisonment for up to three years, various sources state that it was repealed in 1995. However, this is not entirely accurate. Within the framework of a broader legislative reform, the article […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56176,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"tax_history_category":[116],"class_list":["post-56177","pt_history","type-pt_history","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tax_history_category-116"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n171 \u2014 \u201cRape\u201d;
172 \u2014 \u201cViolent acts of a sexual nature\u201d;
173 \u2014 \u201cSexual harassment\u201d;
174 \u2014 \u201cSexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16\u201d;
175 \u2014 \u201cLewd acts\u201d;
175-1 \u2014 \u201cGrooming a minor for sexual purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n