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Ong Ming Johnson v Attorney-General

[2020] SGHC 63
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHigh Court of Singapore
Year2020
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Section 377A of the Penal Code, criminalising acts of gross indecency between men, was held not to violate Articles 9, 12 or 14 of the Constitution, satisfying the reasonable-classification test because it bore a rational relation to the legislative object of reflecting and enforcing prevailing societal morality.

Area of Law

constitutional

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