Reported in The Straits Times, 20 Nov 2017 A man was, on Monday, charged in court for intruding on the privacy of 17 women by filming up their skirts, as well as having obscene films in his possession. The 27 year old faced 19 charges in total, and admitted to five counts of insulting the […]
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Online Commercial Sex With Minors Under 18 In recent years, there has been an increase of cases which involved commercial sex with minors. The offence of having commercial sex with minors under 18 is found under Section 376B of the Penal Code: “(1) Any person who obtains for consideration the sexual services of a person,
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Singapore’s apex court recently laid down a new sentencing framework for rape offences in Ng Kean Meng Terence v Public Prosecutor . Noting that it was time to review the current state of sentencing laws with regard to rape offences, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and Justices of Appeal Chao Hick Tin and Andrew Phang laid
Section 509 of the Singapore Penal Code S 509 criminalizes the intention to insult and act of insulting a woman’s modesty. Found guilty of s 509, one may be sentenced to up to a year of imprisonment, or with fine, or with both. Insult of Modesty to Domestic Maids Pursuant to s 73(c), enhanced penalties,
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What is the punishment? Sentencing under s. 354/s. 509 of the Penal Code s. 354 stipulates that the assault or use of criminal force to a person with the intent to outrage modesty is a criminal offence which will be liable to a jail term of up to 2 years, or a fine, or
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