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

[2014] SGCA 53
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2014
StatusOverruled

Summary

Section 377A criminalising male homosexual acts held not inconsistent with Art 12 Constitution, but subsequently repealed by Parliament in 2022, rendering the decision obsolete.

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male homosexual acts was not inconsistent with Article 12 of the Constitution; but Parliament subsequently repealed the provision in 2022.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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