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Article: Section 377A and Equal Protection in Singapore: Back to 1938?
Title | Section 377A and Equal Protection in Singapore: Back to 1938? |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | Singapore Academy of Law. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sal.org.sg/SALPublications-Journal.htm |
Citation | Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 2013, v. 25 SAcLJ (September), p. 630-640 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In Lim Meng Suang v Attorney-General [2013] 3 SLR 118, the High Court of Singapore upheld an Art 12 challenge against s 377A of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed). The court held that there was a complete coincidence between the differentia underlying the classification prescribed by s 377A and the legislative purpose of the impugned provision as established in 1938, and the purpose of the law was not illegitimate. In this commentary, the author explains why s 377A cannot be upheld on the basis advanced by the learned judge. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/184525 |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.123 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Yap, PJ | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-15T09:53:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-15T09:53:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 2013, v. 25 SAcLJ (September), p. 630-640 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0218-2009 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/184525 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In Lim Meng Suang v Attorney-General [2013] 3 SLR 118, the High Court of Singapore upheld an Art 12 challenge against s 377A of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed). The court held that there was a complete coincidence between the differentia underlying the classification prescribed by s 377A and the legislative purpose of the impugned provision as established in 1938, and the purpose of the law was not illegitimate. In this commentary, the author explains why s 377A cannot be upheld on the basis advanced by the learned judge. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Singapore Academy of Law. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sal.org.sg/SALPublications-Journal.htm | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Singapore Academy of Law Journal | en_US |
dc.title | Section 377A and Equal Protection in Singapore: Back to 1938? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Yap, PJ: pjyap@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Yap, PJ=rp01274 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 215434 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 25 SAcLJ (September) | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 630 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 640 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Singapore | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0218-2009 | - |