Article 92-6 of South Korea Military Penal Code or Article 92-6 of Republic of Korea Military Criminal Act is a law that punishes anal sex and other indecent acts with imprisonment for not more than two years.
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The term "any person prescribed in Article 1 (1) through (3)" means a person under the following provisions:
History
Article 92 of the Korean Military Penal Code, enacted in 1962, has provisions to punish "sodomy" and other obscene acts.This clause is based on the Defense Security Act promulgated during the U.S. military administration in 1948. The term "sodomy" in Article 50 of the Defense Security Act was also translated when it was enacted under "Article 50 of the Art of War" in 1920.
- 1948: The National Defense Security Act was enacted.Article 50 of the Defense Security Act has a clause called "Sodomy"
- 1962: The Defense Security Law was abolished, and the Korean Military Penal Code was enacted. Article 92 stipulates that "A person who commits sodomy or other disgraceful conduct shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 1 year"
- 2009: Article 92 "A person who commits sodomy or other disgraceful conduct shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 1 year" was moved to Article 92-5 and revised to "A person who commits sodomy or other disgraceful conduct shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 2 years"
- 2013: Article 92-5 "A person who commits sodomy or other disgraceful conduct shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 2 years" has been revised to Article 92-6 and "A person who commits anal intercourse with any person prescribed in Article 1 (1) through (3) or any other indecent act shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than 2 years"
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