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Xeer (pronounced ) is the traditional legal system used by Somalis in Somalia, Djibouti, Somali Region of Ethiopia, and the North Eastern Province in Kenya. It is one of the three systems from which formal Somali law draws its inspiration, the others being civil law and Islamic law. [1] It is believed to pre-date Islam. However, Islam ...
Under Article 409 of the Somali Penal Code introduced by the Somali Democratic Republic in 1973, sexual intercourse with a person of the same sex is punishable by imprisonment from three months to three years. [15] An "act of lust" other than sexual intercourse is punishable by a prison term of two months to two years.
In 1865 laws from the various states was codified into national legislation, including a new civil code, which went into force on 1 January 1866. [62] Under the 1865 Civil Code, unity of the family was a driving foundation of the code, thus the emphasis was on descent. [63]
The Constitution of the Republic of Somaliland (Somali: Dastuurka Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland; Arabic: دستور جمهورية صوماليلاند) is the supreme source of national law of Somaliland, an unrecognised state considered to be part of Somalia by the international community, adopted by the Houses of the Parliament of Somaliland on 30 April 2000. [4]
The Gazette includes proclamations by the President as well as both general and government notices made by its various departments. It publishes regulations and notices in terms of acts, changes of names, company registrations and de-registrations, financial statements, land restitution notices, liquor licence applications and transport permits.
As of 2014, pending the adoption of new legislation, the pre-civil war judicial structure, courts and laws are in the process of being reformed to be applicable in Somalia's new federal system. [2] In May 2014, the Council of Ministers approved a new Constitutional Review and Implementation Commission. [3]
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Somaliland in the northern Somalia Horn of Africa [1] in which inhabitants were initially governed by various kinship networks. [2] Upon contact with Europeans, treaties were signed in the area to secure rights to trade in the territory in exchange for protection of clans from rivals. [3]