Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Offences Against Women and Girls
141. Traffic in women and girls
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Any person who buys, sells, procures, traffics in, or brings into or takes out of Singapore for the purpose of such traffic, and whether or not for the purpose of present or subsequent prostitution, any woman or girl, shall be guilty of an offence.
prostitution
“prostitution” means the act of a female offering her body for sexual penetration for hire, whether in money or in kind;
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) —
shall be punished on conviction with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years and shall also be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000; but(b)where the person is a repeat offender, shall be punished on conviction with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years and shall also be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150,000.
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).
No person shall be charged with an offence under this section if the person satisfies the Director‑General that the woman or girl brought into or taken out of Singapore by the person or intended to be brought into or taken out of Singapore by the person was so brought into or taken out of Singapore or is intended to be so brought into or taken out of Singapore for the purpose of her marriage or adoption and that such marriage or adoption can be solemnised or made, or has been or will be solemnised or made, under the laws and customs for the time being in force in Singapore.
Director‑General
“Director‑General”, except in Part 7, means the Director‑General of Social Welfare and includes any person who is authorised by the Director‑General to perform any of the duties or exercise any of the powers of the Director‑General under this Act;