Latest items for LRCM-LAW-3
Oct. 9, 2026, 6:49 a.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is a serious sexual offence under Section 155 of the Criminal Code, classified as an indictable offence in Canada and recorded under UCR Code 1360. It involves sexual intercourse between close blood relatives such as a parent, child, sibling (including half-siblings), grandparent, or grandchild. The law is designed to prevent family-based sexual abuse, protect children and other vulnerable family members from exploitation, and uphold strong public policy against sexual relationships within the immediate family. Under the incest criminal code Canada framework, penalties can be extremely severe, especially where the other person is under 16 years old... This definition, set out in Section 155 of the Criminal Code, focuses on...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is a serious sexual offence under Section 155 of the Criminal Code, classified as an indictable offence in Canada and recorded under UCR Code 1360. It involves sexual intercourse between close blood relatives such as a parent, child, sibling (including half-siblings), grandparent, or grandchild. The law is designed to prevent family-based sexual abuse, protect children and other vulnerable family members from exploitation, and uphold strong public policy against sexual relationships within the immediate family. Under the incest criminal code Canada framework, penalties can be extremely severe, especially where the other person is under 16 years old... This definition, set out in Section 155 of the Criminal Code, focuses on...more
Oct. 6, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is formally punished by the Cameroonian Penal Code. Article 360, in force since Law No. 67/LF/1 of 12 June 1967, provides a framework for this offence by specifying the prohibited relations and the penalties incurred" (para 1).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is formally punished by the Cameroonian Penal Code. Article 360, in force since Law No. 67/LF/1 of 12 June 1967, provides a framework for this offence by specifying the prohibited relations and the penalties incurred" (para 1).
Oct. 6, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 6: A person commits the offence of incest if: • he/she has sexual intercourse with a person closely related by blood or all direct lines of affinity, either legitimate or illegitimate or adoptive. • he/she has sexual intercourse with a person within his/her collateral lines, whether legitimate, illegitimate, adoptive, born from the same mother, born from the same father, born from the same parents, related by blood, or related by marriage up to and including the third level. A person does not commit incest if after their spouse dies they have sexual intercourse with a person within his or her collateral lines of second or third level" (2).more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 6: A person commits the offence of incest if: • he/she has sexual intercourse with a person closely related by blood or all direct lines of affinity, either legitimate or illegitimate or adoptive. • he/she has sexual intercourse with a person within his/her collateral lines, whether legitimate, illegitimate, adoptive, born from the same mother, born from the same father, born from the same parents, related by blood, or related by marriage up to and including the third level. A person does not commit incest if after their spouse dies they have sexual intercourse with a person within his or her collateral lines of second or third level" (2).more
Oct. 5, 2026, 2:34 p.m.
Countries: Burundi
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 368 1. Incest. Sexual relations are considered incest and punishable by imprisonment of six months to five years; 1. Parents live down and bottom-line, the relationship is legitimate, natural or adoptive; 2. Brothers and sisters, or half blood siblings; 3. A person and a child of one of his siblings; 4. The stepfather or stepmother and the descendant of the other spouse. In all cases, if incest is committed by an adult with a person under eighteen years of age, the penalty imposed on the adult will exceed that imposed on the minor. The sentence against the author when the offense involves a parent or guardian is the loss...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 368 1. Incest. Sexual relations are considered incest and punishable by imprisonment of six months to five years; 1. Parents live down and bottom-line, the relationship is legitimate, natural or adoptive; 2. Brothers and sisters, or half blood siblings; 3. A person and a child of one of his siblings; 4. The stepfather or stepmother and the descendant of the other spouse. In all cases, if incest is committed by an adult with a person under eighteen years of age, the penalty imposed on the adult will exceed that imposed on the minor. The sentence against the author when the offense involves a parent or guardian is the loss...more
Sept. 29, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Sex offences such as rape, abduction, and incest are capital crimes punishable by law" (para 11).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Sex offences such as rape, abduction, and incest are capital crimes punishable by law" (para 11).
Sept. 29, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"In Chinese law codes, incest has been punished as one of the worst sexual crimes from at least the third century b.c.e." (para 1).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"In Chinese law codes, incest has been punished as one of the worst sexual crimes from at least the third century b.c.e." (para 1).
Sept. 29, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 1048 Persons who are lineal relatives by blood, or collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree of kinship are prohibited from being married" (para 22).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 1048 Persons who are lineal relatives by blood, or collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree of kinship are prohibited from being married" (para 22).
Sept. 8, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Countries: Bahamas
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"13. (1) Any person who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, niece, aunt or nephew, as the case may be, has unlawful sexual intercourse with that other person, whether with or without the consent of that other person, is guilty of the offence of incest and liable to imprisonment — (a) if he is an adult who commits the offence with a minor, for life; (b) if he is an adult who commits the offence with another adult; for a term of ten years; and (c) if he is a minor who commits the offence with another minor,...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"13. (1) Any person who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, niece, aunt or nephew, as the case may be, has unlawful sexual intercourse with that other person, whether with or without the consent of that other person, is guilty of the offence of incest and liable to imprisonment — (a) if he is an adult who commits the offence with a minor, for life; (b) if he is an adult who commits the offence with another adult; for a term of ten years; and (c) if he is a minor who commits the offence with another minor,...more
Sept. 6, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"They [the Azerbaijani father and son who raped their 13-year-old daughter/sister] were charged under Articles 149.3.3 (rape of a person under the age of fourteen, which is obvious to the guilty person) and 150.3.3 (committing sexual acts against a person under the age of fourteen, which is obvious to the guilty person) of the Criminal Code" (para 8). This infromation, by mentioning the law on incenst, shows the presence of such legal framework in Azerbaijan (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"They [the Azerbaijani father and son who raped their 13-year-old daughter/sister] were charged under Articles 149.3.3 (rape of a person under the age of fourteen, which is obvious to the guilty person) and 150.3.3 (committing sexual acts against a person under the age of fourteen, which is obvious to the guilty person) of the Criminal Code" (para 8). This infromation, by mentioning the law on incenst, shows the presence of such legal framework in Azerbaijan (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Sept. 5, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest. § 211. (1)Anyone who engages in sexual intercourse with a person who is related to him in a direct line shall be punished with imprisonment for up to one year or with a fine of up to 720 daily rates. (2)Anyone who seduces a person to whom he is related in a descending line into sexual intercourse is liable to imprisonment for up to three years. (3)Anyone who engages in sexual intercourse with their brother or sister shall be punished with imprisonment for up to six months or with a fine of up to 360 daily rates. (4)Anyone who has not yet reached the age of nineteen at the...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest. § 211. (1)Anyone who engages in sexual intercourse with a person who is related to him in a direct line shall be punished with imprisonment for up to one year or with a fine of up to 720 daily rates. (2)Anyone who seduces a person to whom he is related in a descending line into sexual intercourse is liable to imprisonment for up to three years. (3)Anyone who engages in sexual intercourse with their brother or sister shall be punished with imprisonment for up to six months or with a fine of up to 360 daily rates. (4)Anyone who has not yet reached the age of nineteen at the...more
Sept. 4, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"A person who engages in an act of sexual penetration with a person whom they know to be their child, step-child or lineal descendant is guilty of incest. Similarly, a person who takes part in an act of sexual penetration with a person whom they know to be the child, step-child or lineal descendant of their spouse or domestic partner is also guilty of incest. Incest is an indictable offence that carries a maximum penalty of 25 years' imprisonment" (para 2).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"A person who engages in an act of sexual penetration with a person whom they know to be their child, step-child or lineal descendant is guilty of incest. Similarly, a person who takes part in an act of sexual penetration with a person whom they know to be the child, step-child or lineal descendant of their spouse or domestic partner is also guilty of incest. Incest is an indictable offence that carries a maximum penalty of 25 years' imprisonment" (para 2).
Aug. 20, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2, LRCM-LAW-3
“With regard to gender-based violence, the Penal Code was amended in June 2019 with the strengthening of the criminalisation and repression of several forms of violence: female genital mutilation and forced and early marriages. It contains some provisions that can be used in case of domestic violence such as Article 342 on murder, Article 345 on assault and battery, Article 353 on involuntary manslaughter or unintentional injury, Article 354 on rape, Article 373 on attack on individual freedom and Article 387 on abandonment of family. The country also adopted a National Strategy for Combating Gender-Based Violence (2014-2016). Act No. 2021- 894 further addresses measures to protect victims of domestic violence,...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2, LRCM-LAW-3
“With regard to gender-based violence, the Penal Code was amended in June 2019 with the strengthening of the criminalisation and repression of several forms of violence: female genital mutilation and forced and early marriages. It contains some provisions that can be used in case of domestic violence such as Article 342 on murder, Article 345 on assault and battery, Article 353 on involuntary manslaughter or unintentional injury, Article 354 on rape, Article 373 on attack on individual freedom and Article 387 on abandonment of family. The country also adopted a National Strategy for Combating Gender-Based Violence (2014-2016). Act No. 2021- 894 further addresses measures to protect victims of domestic violence,...more
July 29, 2026, 11:22 a.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Brazilian Ministry of Health (MH) considers sexual violence every act of sexual nature aimed at satisfaction, in which the offender is at a psychosocial level higher than that of the child. Therefore, any behavior that affects children’s sexual development should be considered violence, such as rape, incest, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, pornography, among others" (para 3).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Brazilian Ministry of Health (MH) considers sexual violence every act of sexual nature aimed at satisfaction, in which the offender is at a psychosocial level higher than that of the child. Therefore, any behavior that affects children’s sexual development should be considered violence, such as rape, incest, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, pornography, among others" (para 3).
July 29, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Argentina, Finland, Brazil, and India punish incest criminals only when it involves those of minor age or if they victim was forced" (70).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Argentina, Finland, Brazil, and India punish incest criminals only when it involves those of minor age or if they victim was forced" (70).
July 1, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Burkina Faso
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest – defined as sex with one’s father, mother, brother or sister – is illegal in Burkina Faso and punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $9,000 according to the penal code" (para 5).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest – defined as sex with one’s father, mother, brother or sister – is illegal in Burkina Faso and punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $9,000 according to the penal code" (para 5).
June 19, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Government of Botswana has put in place different policies, legislation and other prevention strategies to alleviate sexual violence, but the Botswana Police Service statistics show increasing cases of sexual violence. Towards the aim of addressing the problem of sexual violence in his State of the Nation Address Speech, the President Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi stated as follows - 'In view of the increasing cases of rape, defilement, incest and other sexual offences, especially against children, I have directed that the drafting of the Sexual Offences Bill be given a priority. Among its provisions would be stiffer penalties against these crimes and the establishment of a Sex Offender Register,...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Government of Botswana has put in place different policies, legislation and other prevention strategies to alleviate sexual violence, but the Botswana Police Service statistics show increasing cases of sexual violence. Towards the aim of addressing the problem of sexual violence in his State of the Nation Address Speech, the President Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi stated as follows - 'In view of the increasing cases of rape, defilement, incest and other sexual offences, especially against children, I have directed that the drafting of the Sexual Offences Bill be given a priority. Among its provisions would be stiffer penalties against these crimes and the establishment of a Sex Offender Register,...more
June 17, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 222a (Incest) (1) Whoever engages in sexual intercourse or an equivalent sexual act with a blood relative in the direct line or with a brother or sister, shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term between three months and three years. (2) Whoever perpetrates the offense referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article with a child, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years” (19).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 222a (Incest) (1) Whoever engages in sexual intercourse or an equivalent sexual act with a blood relative in the direct line or with a brother or sister, shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term between three months and three years. (2) Whoever perpetrates the offense referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article with a child, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years” (19).
June 17, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
Countries: Bhutan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3, LRCM-DATA-2
"The devastating truth emerged when she [rape victim] bravely disclosed to the police that her half-brother, a monk, had raped her in their family home in Punakha last year. He has since been convicted of rape and incest and is serving over 11 years in Chamgang jail" (para 2). This indicates that there are laws against incest in Bhutan (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3, LRCM-DATA-2
"The devastating truth emerged when she [rape victim] bravely disclosed to the police that her half-brother, a monk, had raped her in their family home in Punakha last year. He has since been convicted of rape and incest and is serving over 11 years in Chamgang jail" (para 2). This indicates that there are laws against incest in Bhutan (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
June 17, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The need for legal reforms was emphasized, such as the specific classification of the crime of incest in Bolivia" (para 4). This indicates that there is no specific criminal classification for incest in Bolivia (CEC2- CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The need for legal reforms was emphasized, such as the specific classification of the crime of incest in Bolivia" (para 4). This indicates that there is no specific criminal classification for incest in Bolivia (CEC2- CODER COMMENT).
June 13, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"In cases where an older relative has had sexual contact with a family member who is under the age of 16, the older relative will be charged with incest. However, if both family members are over the age of 16, they can both face charges for engaging in incestuous acts" (para 41).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"In cases where an older relative has had sexual contact with a family member who is under the age of 16, the older relative will be charged with incest. However, if both family members are over the age of 16, they can both face charges for engaging in incestuous acts" (para 41).
June 13, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest: 62.-(1) Any person who carnally knows another person who is to that person's knowledge, that person's grandchild, child, sibling, niece, nephew or parent, commits an offence and shall on conviction thereof be liable to imprisonment for not less than twelve years but may extend to imprisonment for life. (2) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the other person consents to the penetration of the mouth, anus or vagina" (61)."Incest by females of or over sixteen: 63. Any female of or above the age of sixteen years who with consent permits her grandfather, father, brother or son to have carnal knowledge of her (knowing him to...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest: 62.-(1) Any person who carnally knows another person who is to that person's knowledge, that person's grandchild, child, sibling, niece, nephew or parent, commits an offence and shall on conviction thereof be liable to imprisonment for not less than twelve years but may extend to imprisonment for life. (2) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the other person consents to the penetration of the mouth, anus or vagina" (61)."Incest by females of or over sixteen: 63. Any female of or above the age of sixteen years who with consent permits her grandfather, father, brother or son to have carnal knowledge of her (knowing him to...more
June 13, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Criminal Code was amended in 2014 to reform the law in relation to sexual offences against children, abduction, kidnapping, procurement, incest, inducement to abandon criminal proceedings and perverting the court of justice" (39).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Criminal Code was amended in 2014 to reform the law in relation to sexual offences against children, abduction, kidnapping, procurement, incest, inducement to abandon criminal proceedings and perverting the court of justice" (39).
June 1, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Despite the general prohibition, there are countries in Europe where voluntary incestuous relations do not constitute an offence (this is the case in countries such as Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Portugal, Russia, Turkey and Uzbekistan)."
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Despite the general prohibition, there are countries in Europe where voluntary incestuous relations do not constitute an offence (this is the case in countries such as Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Portugal, Russia, Turkey and Uzbekistan)."
June 1, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest has existed for a long time despite being illegal in several countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and Sweden (World Population Review, 2021)."
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest has existed for a long time despite being illegal in several countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and Sweden (World Population Review, 2021)."
June 1, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Countries like Israel, France, Belgium and Turkey have legalized incest while in Portugal incest is not specifically prohibited under Portuguese law."
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Countries like Israel, France, Belgium and Turkey have legalized incest while in Portugal incest is not specifically prohibited under Portuguese law."
June 1, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
Countries: Barbados
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"(1) A person commits the offence of incest who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship, his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, niece, aunt or nephew, as the case may be, has sexual intercourse with that person. (2) It is immaterial that the sexual intercourse referred to under subsection (1) occurred with the consent of the other person. (3) A person who commits the offence of incest is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment (a) if committed by an adult with a person under 14 years of age, for life: (b) if committed by an adult with a person 14 years of age or...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"(1) A person commits the offence of incest who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship, his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, niece, aunt or nephew, as the case may be, has sexual intercourse with that person. (2) It is immaterial that the sexual intercourse referred to under subsection (1) occurred with the consent of the other person. (3) A person who commits the offence of incest is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment (a) if committed by an adult with a person under 14 years of age, for life: (b) if committed by an adult with a person 14 years of age or...more
May 30, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Legality of Incest: Bangladesh - Illegal"(para 2).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Legality of Incest: Bangladesh - Illegal"(para 2).
April 1, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Art. 337a. (Modified) Incest is the sexual relations between: 1- relatives in the descending or ascending line; 2- full, consanguineous or uterine brothers and sisters; 3- a person and the child of one of his full, consanguineous or uterine brothers or sisters or with a descendant thereof; 4- the mother or the father and the husband or the wife, the widower or the widow of his child or of another of his descendants; 5- stepmother or stepmother and the descendant of the other spouse; 6- persons one of whom is the wife or husband of a brother or sister. The penalty is ten (10) to twenty (20) years of imprisonment...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Art. 337a. (Modified) Incest is the sexual relations between: 1- relatives in the descending or ascending line; 2- full, consanguineous or uterine brothers and sisters; 3- a person and the child of one of his full, consanguineous or uterine brothers or sisters or with a descendant thereof; 4- the mother or the father and the husband or the wife, the widower or the widow of his child or of another of his descendants; 5- stepmother or stepmother and the descendant of the other spouse; 6- persons one of whom is the wife or husband of a brother or sister. The penalty is ten (10) to twenty (20) years of imprisonment...more
April 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Angola, Argentina
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is legal"
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is legal"
April 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan"
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan"