Singapore legislation
Section 144
Section 144
Permitting mental defective to use premises for sexual penetration
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), 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 woman who is a mental defective 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.
(2)
A person shall not be guilty of an offence under this section because he or she induces or knowingly permits a woman who is a mental defective to resort to or be on any premises for the purpose mentioned, if the person does not know and has no reason to suspect her to be a mental defective.
(3)
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —
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.
(4)
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).