PROSECUTIONS UNDER PENAL CODE
Parliament of Singapore · 21 May 2007
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PROSECUTIONS UNDER PENAL CODE
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(Outrages on decency): **
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Mr Siew Kum Hong asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, in each of the last 10 years, (a) how many prosecutions and convictions have there been under section 377A of the Penal Code; (b) how many of these prosecutions were police prosecutions; and (c) how many of these police prosecutions were the result of proactive police enforcement.
Mr Wong Kan Seng: The statistics on the number of persons convicted under section 377A (Outrages on decency) of the Penal Code between 1997 and 2006 are shown below. Prosecution statistics are not available. Police does not proactively enforce the provision.
** Number of persons convicted under section 377A **
1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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25
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16
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31
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30
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23
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25
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11
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13
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4
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7
Column: 847
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 21 May 2007. Republished on SGParliament.