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    Fraudulent Sex Criminalisation in Singapore: Haphazard Evolution and Accidental Success

    Citation: [2020] Sing JLS 479
    In this article, I critically examine the evolution of fraudulent sex criminalisation in Singapore and make two contributions. First, I demonstrate that the major amendments to the relevant Penal Code provisions (ie, in 2007 and 2019) were made pursuant to an attempted importation of English legal provisions, without due regard to the synergetic relationship between the imported provisions and the existing provisions in both the Penal Code and the English statutes. Second, I normatively assess the 2019 reform. I argue that the 2019 reform is desirable for two reasons: (1) the reform finally brings the plain-wording of the statutory provisions in line with what the government is prepared to fully enforce; and (2) the ostensible decriminalisation of fraudulent sex is mitigated by the broadlyworded cheating offences and the undisturbed broad judicial interpretation of how "fear of injury" may vitiate sexual consent.
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