Singapore equal protectionfundamental libertiessexual offences

Lim Meng Suang v Attorney-General

[2015] 1 SLR 26

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtSingapore Court of Appeal

Year2015

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The SGCA held that s.377A of the Penal Code (criminalising sex between men) does not violate Articles 9 and 12 of the Constitution; the classification bears a rational nexus to its purpose. [Note: s.377A was repealed in 2022.]

Area of Law

constitutional

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