Public Indecency Acts Clarified in New Penal Code Bill NewTimesRwanda: Rwanda
The bill, which was tabled before parliament on June 26, names nudity and sexual intercourse performed in public as acts of public indecency, which could attract up to three years in prison.
Article 135 of the current penal code says that any person who commits an indecent assault in public is liable to two to three years of imprisonment and a fine ranging between Rwf500,000 and Rwf1 million. Here, indecent assault is defined as an indecent act performed against a person's body without that person's consent.
In the proposed bill, the article on public indecency says,"A person who, in public, exposes his or her nudity or genitals, or performs sexual intercourse, commits an offence." Upon conviction, the person is liable to one to three years of imprisonment and a fine ranging between Rwf300,000 and Rwf500,000."
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