- Subject to the provisions of the Termination of Pregnancy Act, whoever voluntarily causes a woman with child to miscarry, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, or with fine, or with both; and if the woman is quick with child, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
- Whoever commits the offence defined in section 312, without the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
- Subject to the provisions of the Termination of Pregnancy Act, whoever with intent to cause the miscarriage of a woman with child does any act which causes the death of such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the act is done without the consent of the woman, shall be punished either with imprisonment for life, or with the punishment above-mentioned.
- Whoever unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine, or with both.
- Whoever malignantly does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.
This thread is about sg law on
Rape
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Incest
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Unnatural sex
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etc..
and to answer some of the most asked questions here.
this law are correct as of 30 Aug 2005.
let start with RAPE!
RAPE
A man is said to commit “rape” who, except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual intercourse with a woman under circumstances falling under any of the 5 following descriptions:
(a) against her will;
(b) without her consent;
(c) with her consent, when her consent has been obtained by putting her in fear of death or hurt;
(d) with her consent, when the man knows that he is not her husband, and her consent is given because she believes that he is another man to whom she is or believes herself to be lawfully married or to whom she would consent;
(e)
with or without her consent, when she is under 14 years of age.
Explanation.
Penetration is sufficient to constitute the sexual intercourse necessary to the offence of rape.
Exception.
Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 13 years of age, is not rape.
Punishment for rape.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), whoever commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning.
(2) Whoever, in order to commit or to facilitate the commission of an offence of rape against any woman —
(a) voluntarily causes hurt to her or to any other person; or
(b) puts her in fear of death or hurt to herself or any other person,
and whoever commits rape by having sexual intercourse with a woman under 14 years of age without her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 8 years and not more than 20 years and shall also be punished with caning with not less than 12 strokes.
Incest.
(a) Any man who has carnal knowledge of a woman with or without her consent who is to his knowledge his grand-daughter, daughter, sister, half-sister or mother (whether such relationship is or is not traced through lawful wedlock); or
(b) any woman of or above the age of 16 who with consent permits her grandfather, father, brother, half-brother or son (whether such relationship is or is not traced through lawful wedlock) to have carnal knowledge of her (knowing him to be her grandfather, father, brother, half-brother or son, as the case may be),
is said to commit “incest”.
Punishment for incest committed by men.
A man who commits incest shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years and if the woman is found to be under the age of 14 the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 14 years.
Punishment for incest committed by women.
A woman who commits incest shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to 5 years.
Unnatural SEX.
under section 377. Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animals, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.
Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offence described in this section.
The prosecution must prove:
(i) that the accused had carnal intercourse with a man, woman, or animal;
(ii) that such intercourse was against the order of nature;
(iii) that the accused did the act voluntarily; and
(iv) that there was penetration.19
**So far, Singapore courts have accepted anal intercourse and bestiality as ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’,
As for Fellatio/oral sex There appears to be a linguistic struggle to include fellatio within the scope of 377
for more information on section 377. read here
Outrages on decency.
377A. 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
Causing miscarriage.
Explanation.
A woman who causes herself to miscarry is within the meaning of this section.
Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent.
Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage. If act done without woman’s consent.
Negligent act likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.
Malignant act likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES ACT (CHAPTER 137)
more on infectious diseases act …..read on here