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Section 376C — Commercial sex with minor below 18 years of age outside Singapore

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

Amendments
Section 376C — Original text to 1 February 2008superseded
376C.Punishment for incest committed by women

A woman who commits incest shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to 5 years.

Section 376C — From 1 February 2008 (current)rewritten by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
376C.Commercial sex with minor underbelow 18 years of age outside Singapore

(1)Any person, being a citizen or a permanent resident of Singapore, who does, outside Singapore, any act that would, if done in Singapore, constitute an offence under section 376B, shall be guilty of an offence.

(1A)To avoid doubt, any person (A) who does in Singapore, any act involving a person below 18 years of age (B) who is outside Singapore, that would if B were in Singapore constitute an offence under section 376B, shall be guilty of an offence.

(1B)Any person who does outside Singapore, any act involving a person below 18 years of age who is in Singapore, that would if done in Singapore constitute an offence under section 376B, shall be guilty of an offence.

Subsection (2) — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded

(2)A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to the same punishment to which he would have been liable had he been convicted of an offence under section 376B.

Subsection (2) — From 1 January 2020 (current)rewritten (not yet redlined) — Criminal Law Reform Act 2019

(2)A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be punished with the same punishment with which he would have been punished had he been convicted of an offence under section 376B.

[NZ CA 1961, s. 144A]