section 171 of the criminal code of cyprus was a section of the cyprus criminal code, which was enacted in 1929, that criminalized homosexual acts between consenting male adults. until 1998, the section read:"any person who (a) has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature, or (b) permits a male person to have carnal knowledge of him against the order of nature is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for five years".