If you want to commit a crime, first note the outcome of
your action legally and morally.
If you still want to go ahead after reading the below... good luck
to you, as this type of crime is most commonly leak to fellow
inmates and they will let you enjoy the pleasure of the crime you
committed.
I. Ages for legal purposes
Age of simple majority - Under Singapore law, the legal age of
majority for entering into contract is twenty-one (21) years.
Age of consent for sexual activity - The legal age of consent for
sexual activity is fourteen (14) years.
Age of consent for marriage - The legal age of consent for marriage
is respectively fourteen (14) end eighteen (1
for female
and male persons.
The relevant laws that deal with sexual offences against minors are
the Penal Code, the Womans Charter, the Children and Young Person
Act, the Undesirable Publication Act and the Film Act.
II. Rape
Section 375 of the Penal Code states
" A man is said to commit " rape " who, except in the case
hereinafter, has sexual intercourse with a woman under
circumstances falling under any of the five following descriptions
:
a) against her will ;
b) without her consent ;
c) with her consent, when her consent has been obtained by putting
her in fear of death or hurt ;
d) with her consent, when the man knows that he is not her husband,
and her consent is given because she believes herself to be
lawfully married or to whom she would consent ;
e) with or without consent, when she is under fourteen (14) years
of age. "
Section 376 determines the punishment and states
Subsection (1) :
" Subject to subsection (2), whoever commits rape shall be punished
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty (20) years,
and shall also be liable to fine or to caning. "
Subsection (2) :
" Whoever, in order to commit or to facilitate the commission of an
offence of rape against any woman -
a) voluntarily causes hurt to her or to any other person ; or
;
b) puts her in fear of death or hurt to herself or any other person
,
-and whoever commits rape by having sexual intercourse with a woman
under fourteen (14) years of age without her consent, shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than eight
( years and not more
than twenty (20) years and shall also be punished with caning with
not less than twelve (12) strokes. "
Article 90 defines consent and states
" A consent is not a consen tas is intended by any section of this
code -
a) if the consent is given by a person under fear of injury, or
under a misconception of fact, and if the person doing the act
knows, or has reason to believe, that the consent was given in
consequence of such fear or misconception ; or
b) if the consent is given by a person who, from unsoundness of
mind or intoxication, is unable to understand the nature and the
consequence of that to which he gives his consent ; or
c) unless the contrary appears from the context, if the consent is
given by a person who is under fourteen (14) years of age. "
For more information - http://www.ageofconsent.com/singapore.htm
The above applys to males of the same age also if the crime is
committed by a older female.
