Singapore Leading Case equality article 12proportionality rejectedarticle 9 personal libertyjudicial restraint

Lim Meng Suang v Attorney-General (Section 377A)

[2014] SGCA 53

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore

Year2014

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Section 377A of the Penal Code criminalising male homosexual acts was not inconsistent with Article 12 of the Constitution; but Parliament subsequently repealed the provision in 2022.

Area of Law

constitutional

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