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Ng Kean Meng Terence v PP

[2017] 2 SLR 449
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2017
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Court of Appeal established a two-step sentencing framework for rape offences using offence-specific and offender-specific factors organised into sentencing bands.

Key Principle

Penal Code; rape; sentencing framework; offence-specific and offender-specific factors; bands of sentences

Area of Law

criminal

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