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The funniest law in Singapore is chewing gum which is banned. Get caught spitting gum out on the street and you're going to jail.
They are obsessive compulsive about fastidiousness.
Oral and anal sex can get you up to life imprisonment.
Unnatural sex. Singapore Penal code 377 states that "Whosoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to a fine." The term 'unnatural sex' has for many years been interpreted to mean sodomy and oral sex. So if the penis goes into somebody's anus or mouth, this clause applies, even if both are adults and consenting.
Gross Indecency. Penal code 377(A) states that "Any male person who, in public or PRIVATE, commits or abets the commission of or procures the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years." This clause is unique in that it specifically says it applies to men only. "Gross indecency" is a wide term which, from precedents, covers mutual masturbation, indecent physical contact to the groin, or even indecent behaviour without physical contact. Again the law applies even if both are adult and consenting, and whether or not the act was commited in private.
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