(2) (Amended, SG No. 107/1996, supplemented, SG No. 27/2009, amended, SG No.
74/2015) The punishment for molestation shall be imprisonment from two to eight years, where
the molestation has been performed:
1. through the use of force or threat;
2. through bringing the victim into a helpless condition;
3. through taking advantage of the helpless condition of the victim;
4. through taking advantage of a state of dependence or supervision;
5. in respect of a person engaged in prostitution.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 107/1996, SG No. 38/2007) Where the act under the preceding
paragraphs has been done for a second time, the punishment shall be imprisonment from three (3)
to ten (10) years.
(4) (New, SG No. 107/1996) Lewdness shall be penalised by deprivation of liberty from
three (3) to fifteen (15) years:
1. if committed by two or more persons;
2. (repealed, SG No. 62/1997, new, SG No. 74/2015) if committed in respect of a person
who does not understand the nature or meaning of the act;
3. (repealed, SG No. 62/1997);
4. (repealed, SG No. 62/1997).
(5) (New, SG No. 62/1997) Lewdness shall be penalised by imprisonment from five to
twenty years:
1. if committed with two or more minors;
2. if a severe bodily injury has been inflicted or a suicide has been attempted.
3. if it constitutes a dangerous recidivism;
4. (new, SG No. 38/2007) if it constitutes a particularly grave case.
Article 150
(Supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, amended, SG No. 89/1986, SG No. 107/1996, SG No.
75/2006)
(1) (Previous text of Article 150, amended and supplemented, SG No. 27/2009, amended,
SG No. 26/2010) A person who performs an act for the purpose of arousing or satisfying sexual
desire, without copulation, with regard to a person who has completed 14 years of age, by using
force or threat, by taking advantage of the helpless condition of that person or by reducing the
person to such condition or by taking advantage of a state of dependence or supervision, shall be
punished by imprisonment from two to eight years.
(2) (New, SG No. 74/2015) The punishment under Article 1 shall also be imposed on any
person who commits the crime under Paragraph 1 in respect of a minor who is engaged in
prostitution.
(3) (New, SG No. 27/2009, amended, SG No. 26/2010, renumbered from Paragraph 2,
amended, SG No. 74/2015) When the crime under Paragraph 1 was committed in respect of a
person who does not understand the nature or meaning of the act, or when the criminal act
constitutes a particularly grave case, the punishment shall be imprisonment from three to ten
years.
Article 151
(1) (Amended, SG No. 75/2006) A person who has sexual intercourse with a person who
has not completed the age of 14 years, insofar as the act does not constitute a crime under Article