Public Prosecutor v Kwan Kwong Weng
| Jurisdiction | Singapore |
| Judgment Date | 20 February 1997 |
| Date | 20 February 1997 |
| Docket Number | Criminal Appeal No 30 of 1996 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Singapore) |
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15 cases
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Adam bin Darsin v Public Prosecutor
... ... , which were taken into consideration for the purpose of sentencing.The judge, following PP v Kwan Kwong Weng [1997] 1 SLR 697 , held that fellatio between two male persons is unnatural carnal ... ...
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Lim Hock Hin Kelvin v Public Prosecutor
...and s 377A Penal Code. Consent is irrelevant for a charge under s 377 or s 377A, as held by the Court of Appeal in PP v Kwan Kwong Weng [1997] 1 SLR 697 . It is still an offence for two consenting adults to indulge in unnatural carnal intercourse. Some guidance as to what amounts to unnatur......
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Tan Eng Hong v AG
...(R) 710; [1980-1981] SLR 48 (refd) PP v Knight Glenn Jeyasingam [1999] 1 SLR (R) 1165; [1999] 2 SLR 499 (refd) PP v Kwan Kwong Weng [1997] 1 SLR (R) 316; [1997] 1 SLR 697 (refd) R v Greater London Council, ex parte Blackburn [1976] 1 WLR 550 (refd) R v Secretary of State for the Home Depart......
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Lim Meng Suang v AG
...48 (refd) Perry v Hollingsworth 671 F 3d 1052 (9th Cir, 2012) (refd) Plessy v Ferguson 163 US 537 (1896) (refd) PP v Kwan Kwong Weng [1997] 1 SLR (R) 316; [1997] 1 SLR 697 (refd) PP v Su Liang Yu [1976] 2 MLJ 128 (refd) PP v Tan Kuan Meng [1996] SGHC 16 (refd) PP v Taw Cheng Kong [1998] 2 S......
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2 books & journal articles
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WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SINGAPORE: THE LEGAL CHALLENGE
...to masturbate and perform fellatio on him prior to the rape.) 197 Section 376(2), Penal Code. 198 Public Prosecutor v Kwan Kwong Weng [1997] 1 SLR 697 (CA). 199 Which in Singapore means imprisonment for the whole of the remaining period of the convicted person’s natural life: Abdul Nasir bi......
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EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND SECTION 377A OF THE PENAL CODE
...1 Leach 271, it was held that a statute creating a capital offence was impliedly repealed by a later Act carrying a penalty of £20. 38 [1997] 1 SLR(R) 316. 39 Public Prosecutor v Kwan Kwong Weng [1997] 1 SLR(R) 316 at [25]. 40 See paras 14–25 above. 41 [1995] 2 SLR(R) 66. 42 Ng Huat v Publi......