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  2. Section 377A (Singapore) - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, an Ipsos survey found that 55% of Singapore residents supported retaining Section 377A. [22] Shortly after the Penal Code review report was released on 9 September 2018, [23] a movement known as Ready4Repeal launched a petition to campaign for Section 377A to be repealed, even though MHA and Ministry of Law said there were no plans to ...

  3. LGBTQ rights in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 377A of the Singapore Penal Code are effectively identical, as both were put in place by the British Empire, raising hopes in Singapore that the discriminatory law would be struck down as well. [32] Singapore's High Court gave the petitioner until 20 November to submit his arguments. [39] [40] [37]

  4. Recognition of same-sex unions in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    It was debated in the Parliament on 28 November along with a bill repealing Section 377A, and passed on 29 November 2022. [9] The law was signed by President Halimah Yacob on 27 December 2022 and published in the Republic of Singapore Government Gazette on 6 January 2023. [ 10 ]

  5. INTERVIEW-Retired doctor turns to Singapore's judiciary to ...

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    Tan Seng Kee, 61, a prominent LGBT+ advocate also known as Roy Tan, launched a challenge in Singapore's High Court last week to overturn the colonial-era section of the country’s penal code ...

  6. Human rights in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    [30] [31] On 29 November 2022, the Parliament of Singapore passed a bill to repeal Section 377A. [32] The bill was assented by President Halimah Yacob on 27 December 2022 and gazetted on 3 January 2023, thus Section 377A was struck off the books. [33] [34]

  7. Presidential Council for Minority Rights - Wikipedia

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    Copies of the PCMR's annual reports. The Presidential Council for Minority Rights (PCMR) is a non-elected body established in 1970 under Part VII of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to fulfil the roles of safeguarding minority rights and advising the Government and the Parliament of Singapore. [1]

  8. LGBTQ history in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    In a 72-page analysis published in the Singapore Academy of Law Journal titled "Equal Justice Under The Constitution And Section 377A Of The Penal Code, The Roads Not Taken", [88] based on a talk he gave in February at the National University of Singapore law faculty's Centre for Asian Legal Studies, former Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said ...

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