Women’s Charter 1961 - Singapore Statutes Online

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 16 years of age 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.

[36/2019]

(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. [36/2019]

(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 7 August 2020) on at least one other earlier occasion of an offence under subsection (1).

[36/2019]

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