Is It Illegal?

Former Member

Is it illegal to have sex in public?

or like just get down and dirty? ie. blowjobs/lickouts etc...

???

Former Member

yes

Former Member

In most places it is illegal to have sex in public. Just don't get caught and you should be fine.

Former Member

Ineedhelp71 wrote: »

In most places it is illegal to have sex in public. Just don't get caught and you should be fine.

Well that's the thing with most laws really. :eek2:

Former Member

As long as you aren't causing anyone any alarm you'll be fine. If you are out of sight then you shouldn't have any problems i.e in a deserted lay by in the middle of no where.

JsT

Mist wrote: »

Well that's the thing with most laws really. :eek2:

Yeah. Murder is fine, until you get caught.

Former Member

Sex in public is illegal, obviously. Of course, in our climate, it's not much of an issue.

Former Member

Yeah it's illegal, but depending on where you are/what time of day or night it is the coppers might just let you off the hook and give you a warning.

Skive

Only if you get caught in the act.

Former Member

Nah, it's still illegal, even if you don't get caught. It's just that you happen to get away with it.

Former Member

^^ Forgot to mention that in my last post.

This ain't Dubai, I think the pigs would be pretty lenient as long as you're not shaggin in some kids playpark in broad daylight.

Skive

The Convincer wrote: »

Nah, it's still illegal, even if you don't get caught. It's just that you happen to get away with it.

No it's not.

The Sexual Offences Act (2003) doesn't legislate specifically against this practice. Public order offences exist that guard against outraging taste and decency (i.e. shagging in the supermarket aisle), but permits sex in an isolated place so long as you have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Same with getting naked.
If you don't get caught then you havn't broken the law.

Former Member

Skive wrote: »

No it's not.

You'll find it is. Unless, of course, you're a subscriber to the theory that a falling tree makes no sound if no one is there to witness it.

Skive

The Convincer wrote: »

You'll find it is.

You'll find it isn't.

Somebody needs to witness it i.e if you don't get caught you havn't broken the law.

Sex in public places

The Sexual Offences Act (2003) doesn't legislate specifically against this practice. Public order offences exist that guard against outraging taste and decency (i.e. shagging in the supermarket aisle), but permits sex in an isolated place so long as you have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

http://www.thesite.org/homelawandmoney/law/yourrights/sexinpublic

The Sexual Offences Act 2003, which mainly covers England and Wales but also covers Northern Ireland in some areas, does not specifically legislate against sex on the beach so long as the act is consensual, says a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman.

"Effectively sex on the beach in isolated places is allowed, so long as there is a reasonable expectation of privacy - which someone engaging in such an activity would be expected to prove."

But someone could be charged with outraging public decency under common law, she says, if it is proven that at least one person has seen the act.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7575294.stm

Former Member

Wow, I stand corrected. We're more liberal than I thought.

I'm off out, erm, to the shops.

Former Member

If you're having sex in the middle of a shopping centre then yes you may have a few words said to you but if you're in the middle of the country side out of view then if the police pull up or see they will just turn a blind eye as you're not doing anything wrong, unless they are a bit mean and like to embarrass people which some do.