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Source: Singapore Statutes Online
(Last update: 15/04/2011. Changes to legislation after 15/04/2011 will be updated on 15/5/2011.)
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PART XI OFFENCES AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

140 Offences relating to prostitution

141 Traffic in women and girls

142 Importation of woman or girl by false pretences

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

144 Permitting mental defective to use premises for sexual penetration

145 Causing or encouraging prostitution of, sexual penetration with, or indecent assault on, girl below the age of 16

146 Persons living on or trading in prostitution

147 Suppression of places of assignation

148 Suppression of brothels

149 Notice to owner and occupier

150 Determination of tenancy of places on conviction for permitting use as brothel, etc.

151 Demolition of structural contrivances for facilitating the running of a place of assignation or of a brothel

152 Authority of courts to issue arrest and search warrants

153 Trials in camera in certain cases

154 Trial of offences

155 Detention pending judicial proceedings

156 Director may examine women and girls and person in charge of them

157 Inspection

158 Security on departure of woman or girl from Singapore

159 Woman or girl below the age of 21 trained or used for immoral purposes, etc.

160 Director may order detention of woman or girl in certain cases

161 Period of detention of woman or girl in place of safety

162 Marriage not to be contracted without consent of Director

163 Women and girls in urgent need of refuge

164 Transfer of women or girls from one place of safety to another place of safety within Singapore

165 Removal of women or girls to Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam or Hong Kong by order of Minister

166 Appeal

167 Women and girls may be received into and detained in Singapore

168 Women and girls so received to be subject to local law

169 Women and girls detained to be subject to rules

170 Director may cause persons to be photographed

171 Power to summon and examine persons in certain circumstances

172 Record of evidence

173 Power of search

174 Power of arrest and seizure

175 Presumption arising out of warrants

176 Appointment of officers

177 Minister may establish places of safety

178 Boards of Visitors

179 Discharge Committees

PART XII MISCELLANEOUS

180 Rules

181 Marriages solemnized before 15th September 1961 deemed to be registered under this Act

182 Voluntary registration of marriages solemnized under religion or custom

183 Recognition of marriages contracted in Embassies, etc., in Singapore

184 Validity of customary marriages contracted on or after 15th September

1961 and before 2nd June 1967
185 Saving for petitions presented before 1st June 1981

186 Savings for proceedings before 1st May 1997



FIRST SCHEDULE
KINDRED AND AFFINITY PROHIBITED DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP

SECOND SCHEDULE
CONSENTS REQUIRED TO THE MARRIAGE OF A MINOR

LEGISLATION HISTORY