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31 Oct 2009

Formal Consolidation | 2009 RevEd

Permitting girl below the age of 16 to use premises for sexual penetration

143. Any person who is the owner or occupier of any premises, or who has, or acts or assists in, the management or control of any premises, induces or knowingly permits a girl below the age of 16 years to resort to or be on those premises for the purpose of engaging in sexual penetration except by way of marriage with any male person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

[26/80; 51/2007]

Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 36 of 2019

Permitting girl below the age of 16 to use premises for sexual penetration

143.—(1) Any person who is the owner or occupier of any premises, or who has, or acts or assists in, the management or control of any premises, induces or knowingly permits a girl below the age of 16 years to resort to or be on those premises for the purpose of engaging in sexual penetration except by way of marriage with any male person shall be guilty of an offence.

[Act 36 of 2019 wef 07/08/2020]

(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —

(a)	to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both; but
(b)	where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $150,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both. [Act 36 of 2019 wef 07/08/2020]

(3) A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (1) if the person has been convicted or found guilty (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 6 of the Women’s Charter (Amendment) Act 2019) on at least one other earlier occasion of an offence under subsection (1).

[Act 36 of 2019 wef 07/08/2020]

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