The Act also raised the legal age for pornography and prostitution from 16 to 18. In addition, it is illegal for an adult to engage in sexual acts with an adolescent under 18, if the adult abuses the authority or influence they have over the minor in order to gain the sexual access. After decriminalisation, the age of consent for homosexual acts was 20 and remained so until 1978. From then, until 1999, the age of consent for such acts was 18, as specified by Section 199. In 2002, the Hungarian Constitutional Court repealed Section 199, and the age of consent for homosexual acts was lowered to 14 in line with heterosexual acts.

In 1979 Adolfo Suarez’s government reversed the prohibition of homosexual acts in that law. Until 1992, male homosexual sex was illegal, the Estonian SSR Penal Code, Article 118, forbidding “anal intercourse between men”. When regaining independence from USSR in 1991, the age of consent for male homosexual intercourse was set at 16, whereas the age for heterosexual intercourse with female was 14. There was no age of consent for heterosexual intercourse with male.

In early 2018 Parliament voted in favour of the “Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Violence Act, 2018″ which came into effect on 14 May 2018. The primary objective of the Act is to transpose the Council of Europe Convention on prevention and combating of violence against women and domestic violence, and it also includes amendments that lowered the age of consent to 16. The penalty will be imprisonment of five to ten years if the child was less than eleven years old.” The age anatomy of a cowboy hat is 18 when in connection with a person who has some formal power over the young person, like a school teacher. Northern Cyprus (Areas of the Republic of Cyprus that are currently occupied by Turkey – see the Turkish invasion of Cyprus) has an age of consent of 16 as designated in the Penal Code (Ceza Yasası, Art. 153 & 154). Abuse is made of a particularly vulnerable situation of the child, notably because of a mental or physical disability or a situation of dependence.

Sentences are longer for offences on children under 15, for repeat offences and where the offender is an authority-figure such as a close relative or teacher. In 2021 the French law was amended so that any sexual activity with a person below 15 is automatically classified as rape or sexual assault, unless the other party is within five years of age as per a Romeo and Juliet clause. However, this five year exception was not extended to Article 227–25, which carries a potential 7-year sentence of imprisonment. Additionally, the law categorizes as rape any sex with a relative below 15 years of age. Thirty-one states set the age of consent as 16, eight set it as 17, and eleven set it as 18.

People with specific questions about their drinking are encouraged to consult a healthcare professional. Together, they can determine what is best for that individual, based on individual risk factors, including family history, genetics, and lifestyle. For some people, the better choice may be to not drink at all. In Belgium, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain, Finland and Luxembourg, the law specifies that anyone under 16 years old is considered a minor in sexual cases. By contrast, in the UK, Germany and Spain there is a minimum age beneath which the non-consent of a minor is assumed.