Page:The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023.pdf/7

Act :"sexual organ" means—


 * (a) in the case of a female person, a vagina; or


 * (b) in the case of a male person, a penis;


 * "sexual orientation" means a person's identity in relation to the sex to which the person is sexually attracted;


 * "terminal illness" means a disease without a scientific cure;


 * "victim of the offence" means—


 * (a) a child against whom the offence of aggravated homosexuality has been committed;


 * (b) a person suffering from mental illness or any other form of disability against whom the offence of aggravated homosexuality has been committed; or


 * (c) any other person against whom the offence of homosexuality or aggravated homosexuality was committed—


 * (i) by means of threats, force, fear of bodily harm, duress, undue influence, intimidation of any kind or through misrepresentation as to the nature of the act; or


 * (ii) while unconscious or in an altered state of consciousness due to the influence of medicine, drugs, alcohol or any other substance that impaired his or her judgment;


 * "vulnerable person" means a person in need of special protection as a result of age, sex, illness, physical or mental disability, social or personal status, or other status and includes a refugee, an internally displaced person, a stateless person, an asylum seeker, a victim of gender-based violence and an illiterate person or elderly person.