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NO. 39 OF 2022
Short title
1. This Act is the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2022.
Repeal of section 377A
2. Section 377A of the Penal Code 1871 is repealed.
Consequential amendments
3. The provisions of the Acts specified in the first column of the Schedule are amended in the manner set out in the second column of the Schedule.
Saving provision
4. Despite the provisions of this Act, section 425A of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 continues to apply in relation to an offence under section 377A of the Penal Code 1871 committed before the date of commencement of this Act.
THE SCHEDULE
Section 3
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
| First column | Second column | |
| 1. | Criminal Procedure Code 2010 | |
| (a) Section 2(1) (paragraph (a) of the definition of “sexual offence”) | Delete “377A,”. | |
| (b) First Schedule | Delete the item relating to section 377A of the Penal Code 1871. | |
| 2. | Evidence Act 1893 | |
| First Schedule, Part 2, item 1 | Delete “377A,”. |
