In England, the Buggery Act 1533 stipulated hanging as punishment for "buggery". Before 1859, the Province of Canada prosecuted sodomy under the English Buggery Act. The term is sometimes also seen as a synonym for sodomy or buggery. It did not delete the offences of buggery and gross indecency. The punishment for "buggery" (sodomy) was reduced from execution to life in prison in 1899. Two further clauses outlaw attempted buggery and gross indecency between two men. This included the prohibition of "buggery" and "gross indecency" between males. Buggery remained punishable by death until 1869. This section created the offence of assault with intent to commit buggery. Punishment for "buggery" is life imprisonment. In 1796 Francis Wilkinson became the first man to be charged with buggery (but acquitted). Buggery, or anal sex between men, was already illegal. In 1861, Britain replaced the death penalty for buggery with life imprisonment. Anal sex (buggery) is illegal.