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Section 376E — Sexual grooming of minor under 16

As in force on 2 January 2011.

Timeline 7 versions
  1. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  2. 30 November 2008 Revised edition
  3. 2 January 2011 You are here
  4. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  5. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  6. 1 March 2022 Act 23 of 2021
  7. 3 January 2023 Act 39 of 2022
  8. 17 August 2026 Act 21 of 2025
376E.Sexual grooming of minor under 16

(1)Any person of or above the age of 21 years (A) shall be guilty of an offence if having met or communicated with another person (B) on 2 or more previous occasions —

(a)A intentionally meets B or travels with the intention of meeting B; and

(b)at the time of the acts referred to in paragraph (a) —

(i)A intends to do anything to or in respect of B, during or after the meeting, which if done will involve the commission by A of a relevant offence;

(ii)B is under 16 years of age; and

(iii)A does not reasonably believe that B is of or above the age of 16 years.

(2)In subsection (1), “relevant offence” means an offence under —

(a)section 354, 354A, 375, 376, 376A, 376B, 376F, 376G or 377A;

(b)section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38); or

(c)section 140(1) of the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353).

(3)For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the 2 or more previous occasions of A having met or communicated with B referred to in subsection (1) took place in or outside Singapore.

(4)A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, or with fine, or with both.

[UK SOA 2003, s. 15]