It is illegal to keep, distribute or sell pornographic films, photographs, books and digital files. We are primarily concerned with the purveyors and distributors of pornography. Unless you engage in such activities, the mere act of visiting such sites is not an offence. However, a person who has paid sex with any person under 18 in Singapore is guilty of a crime. It is also illegal for a Singaporean citizen or permanent resident to have paid sex with an underage person outside Singapore.
Prostitution is legal in Singapore. However, street solicitation and pimping are illegal. In Singapore, the age of consent for sex is It is illegal to have sex with a person under the age of 16 even if the minor consents, which is an offence known as statutory penetration of a minor.
If the minor is a girl below 14, the offence is called statutory rape and carries the same penalties as rape: up to 20 years in jail, plus fine or caning. It is not illegal to be in a same sex relationship. Technically, Section A of the Penal Code criminalises all sexual acts between adult men. However, the Singapore government has indicated that it will not enforce this provision proactively against men who have consensual sex in private.
But there are restraints and we do not approve of them actively promoting their lifestyle to others or setting the tone for mainstream society. But the tone of the overall society, I think it remains conventional, it remains straight and we want it to remain so.
Non-consensual penetration of a man, or penetration of bodily orifices other than the vagina, is recognised as unlawful sexual penetration, an offence liable to the same penalty. Consent must be consent to the penetration. B might have agreed to meet A late at night in a hotel room or to kissing, touching, dirty dancing or mutual masturbation with A, but this does not mean that B has consented to sexual intercourse with A.
