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Ong Ming Johnson v Attorney-General
[2020] SGHC 63
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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