Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage the modesty of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with caning, or with any two of such punishments.
Section history
Section 354 — Assault or use of criminal force to a person with intent to outrage modesty
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 354 — Original text to 1 February 2008superseded
Section 354 — From 1 February 2008 (current)rewritten by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
(1)Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage the modesty of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2202232022 years, or with fine, or with caning, or with any combination of such punishments.
Subsection (2) — Original text to 31 December 2021superseded
(2)Whoever commits an offence under subsection (1) against any person under 14 years of age shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with caning, or with any combination of such punishments.
Subsection (2) — From 31 December 2021 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
(2)Whoever commits an offence under subsection (1) against any person below 14 years of age shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with caning, or with any combination of such punishments.