Penal Code Section 377a

The group is calling for the removal of section 377a of the penal code a remnant from british colonial rule which criminalises sex between men.

Penal code section 377a. The topic that caught much attention involved section 377 which prohibited oral and anal sex between consenting adults. Any male person who in public or private commits or abets the commission of or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of any act of gross indecency with another male person shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years. This extends to any man who.

438 punishment for the mischief described in section 437 when committed by fire or any explosive substance. The item of legislation was added to the penal code in the 1930s. The judgment by justice see kee oon in the case between ong ming johnson and attorney general 2020 sghc 63 thus dashed the hopes of the gay community there at least for some time to live life with dignity as full citizens of.

1 a person who willfully and maliciously destroys or injures the personal property of another person is guilty of a crime as follows. The bill had proposed the repeal of section 377 but opted to keep section 377a which prohibited similar acts between homosexuals. Any male person who in public or private commits or abets the commission of or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of any act of gross indecency with another.

This act shall be called the penal code. According to section 377a of the penal code any man who commits any act of gross indecency with another man in public or in private can be jailed for up to two years. A if any of the following.

In 2007 the government reviewed the penal code and introduced the penal code amendment bill which proposed significant changes to the law. The michigan penal code excerpt act 328 of 1931 750 377a willful and malicious destruction of property. Section 377a outrages on decency states that.

The item remained part of the singapore body of law after the penal code review of october 2007 that removed most of the other provisions in section 377. Section 377a of the penal code of singapore is the main remaining piece of legislation which criminalises sex between mutually consenting adult men. 377a outrages on decency.