Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2022

by Parliament of Singapore

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REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

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First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 3 January 2023 at 5 pm.

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 29 November 2022 and assented to by the President on 27 December 2022:—

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

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No. 39 of 2022.

I assent.

An Act to repeal section 377A of the Penal Code 1871 and to make consequential amendments to that Code and certain other Acts.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act is the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2022.

Repeal of section 377A

2. Section 377A of the Penal Code 1871 is repealed.

Consequential amendments

3. The provisions of the Acts specified in the first column of the Schedule are amended in the manner set out in the second column of the Schedule.

Saving provision

4. Despite the provisions of this Act, section 425A of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 continues to apply in relation to an offence under section 377A of the Penal Code 1871 committed before the date of commencement of this Act.

THE SCHEDULE

Section 3

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

	First column	Second column
1.	Criminal Procedure Code 2010
	(a) Section 2(1) (paragraph (a) of the definition of “sexual offence”)	Delete “377A,”.
	(b) First Schedule	Delete the item relating to section 377A of the Penal Code 1871.
2.	Evidence Act 1893
	First Schedule, Part 2, item 1	Delete “377A,”.
3.	Penal Code 1871
	(a) Section 376E(2)(a)	Delete “377A,”.
	(b) Section 376EA(2)(a)	Delete “377A,”.