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Age of Consent: Sex
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In the Bahamas, the age of consent for opposite-sex activity is 16 and the age of consent for same-sex activity is 18. Since 1991 homosexuality was legalized. However, "public homosexuality" is an offense that carries a 20 year jail term without parole.
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A lesser offense is sexual abuse of a minor, which occurs when someone has sexual intercourse with a partner who is either age 14 or 15. The offender must be at least 5 years older than the victim. The sentence is up to 1 year in prison if the offender is 5 years older than the victim. If the offender is at least 10 years older than the victim, the sentence is up to 5 years in state prison.
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The age of consent is a legal barrier to the minor being able to give consent and as such obtaining consent is not in general a defence to having sexual relations with a person under the prescribed age. However, there are some defences in some jurisdictions. Common examples include:
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Currently, without the Age of Protection Bill, at 14 years of age, Canada’s age of sexual consent is out of step with the international norm, which is at least 16 years of age. It is ... inconsistent with Canada's legal definition of “child” and that contained in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, as every person under the age of 18 years.
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The Bill lowering the homosexual age of consent to 16 has cleared the House of Commons. MPs voted on Monday to give the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill a third reading by 281 votes to 82, a government majority of 199.
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The age of consent varies widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, though most jurisdictions in the world today have an age of consent between 14 to 18 years, but ages as young as 12 and as old as 21 ... occur. The relevant age may also vary by the type of sexual act or the gender of the people concerned.
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