{"id":25697,"date":"2024-12-05T04:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T04:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/?p=25697"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:36:37","slug":"supreme-court-determinationa-penal-code-amendment-bill-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/ta\/supreme-court-determinationa-penal-code-amendment-bill-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"(English) 2023 Supreme Court Determination on the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill \u2013 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25697\" class=\"elementor elementor-25697\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ad04f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42ad04f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bb23e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bb23e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2023 Supreme Court Determination  \non the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill \u2013 Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1440c82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1440c82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-093417-300x283.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-25698\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-093417-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-093417-768x724.png 768w, https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-093417.png 916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a70fcb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a70fcb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In May 2023, The Supreme Court determined that a private member&#8217;s bill introduced in parliament entitled Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2023, the stated objective of which is to repeal &#8220;\u201cprovisions that make sexual orientation a punishable offence\u201d was wholly constitutional.<\/p><p>The Bill had been challenged by three petitioners who sought a determination by the Supreme Court that the Bill was inconsistent with provisions of the Constitution relating to Sovereignty, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy, and that it required the approval of a two-thirds majority in Parliament and the approval of the People at a referendum. Petitions in support of the Bill were also filed by a number of interveners, such as civil society organizations working to advance the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in Sri Lanka, academics, and activists.<\/p><p>Women and Media Collective commissioned a summary of the Supreme Court&#8217;s determination on the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2023 &#8211; with funding support from The Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka (FPA SL) and Health Equity Matters.<\/p><p>Read the summary documents of the Supreme Court Determination here:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/English-Summary-2023-Supreme-Court-Determination-on-the-Penal-Code-Amendment-Bill.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinhala-Summary-2023-Supreme-Court-Determination-on-the-Penal-Code-Amendment-Bill.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinhala<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tamil-Summary-2023-Supreme-Court-Determination-on-the-Penal-Code-Amendment-Bill_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamil<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39f7d66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"39f7d66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 Supreme Court Determination on the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill \u2013 Summary In May 2023, The Supreme Court determined that a private member&#8217;s bill introduced in parliament entitled Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2023, the stated objective of which is to repeal &#8220;\u201cprovisions that make sexual orientation a punishable offence\u201d was wholly constitutional. 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