CRIME AGAINST NATURE OR SODOMY

MCL ch. 750, subtit. Act 328 of 1931, ch. XXV

in effect

MCL 750.158 Crime against nature or sodomy; penalty.

750.158. Crime against nature or sodomy; penalty. Sec. 158. Any person who shall commit the abominable and detestable crime against nature either with mankind or with any animal shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 15 years, or if such person was at the time of the said offense a sexually delinquent person, may be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for an indeterminate term, the minimum of which shall be 1 day and the maximum of which shall be life. 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.158; Am. 1952, Act 73, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 [FormerLaw] See section 16 of Ch. 158 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5871; CL 1871, § 7706; How., § 9292; CL 1897, § 11705; CL 1915, § 15479; CL 1929, § 16831; and Act 57 of 1923.

MCL 750.159 Emission need not be proved.

750.159. Emission need not be proved. Sec. 159. In any prosecution for sodomy, it shall not be necessary to prove emission, and any sexual penetration, however slight, shall be deemed sufficient to complete the crime specified in the next preceding section. 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.159; Am. 1952, Act 73, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952

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